It’s officially been two weeks since I’ve had a cigarette. It’s really annoying quitting for the second time but I know it can be done!
Both me and my hubby smoked when we met. We quit in December 2008 after we got married.
We wanted to quit before we had children to set a good example and also because it’s obviously not good for our health.
And we did. Cold turkey.
Then we started back about a year ago. A puff led to half a cigarette, and that half led to a whole, and then a pack, and before we knew it, we were smoking again!
My husband took these photos. My hands aren’t showing because I didn’t want a cigarette showing in the photos. I wasn’t happy when he snapped one of me blowing out smoke.
I really despise smoking. I really do. I hate the smell. I hate the urge I feel when I’ve gone too long without one.
I just hate it.
And I definitely don’t want my kids doing it!
Both the hubs and I quit together… again.
We quit cold turkey… again.
And so far we’re both doing a great job! I haven’t had any since we quit. My husband has snuck a few at work with his friend who’s been “quitting” for 8 months now.
It gets easier everyday! Wish us luck!
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Congrats on quitting. I had a similar battle with cigarettes, I smoked then quit, smoked then quit, over and over. That is until two years ago when I quit for good. I also quit cold turkey, because it was the only way I could quit. Good luck, I hope you are able to stay smoke free!
That is great that you are able to stop, taking one day at a time!! Congratulations!!
It is a shame you both started again but I am sure you will do it a second time good luck & best wishes 🙂
Congratulations on quitting! My parents were both smokers when I was born, but when I was five I developed asthma from them smoking indoors. My dad quit cold turkey and never smoked again, but my mom has never been successful at quitting. She switched to only smoking outside and slowly reduced the amount she smoked, as well as switched to a brand with a lower nicotine content, but she still smokes about 5 cigs a day.
When I worked as a bartender in a dive bar off the Riverwalk in San Antonio, people never believed I didn’t smoke (it was so weird), and one person even handed over a cigarette and told me to smoke it to prove I didn’t smoke. Needless to say, people stopped questioning me after that, because one puff nearly laid me out, ha!
Yay for being a quitter 😉 Best of luck to both of you on this journey. I have never smoked, but grew up with my parents smoking. I have awful asthma and can’t even be around someone smoking now (gives me awful headaches now too). My dad quit cold turkey a few months after my grandpa passed to lung disease. I was so proud of my dad, I always figured it would be hard for him but he stopped and never looked back. My mom would “quit” for a few months, then start sneaking them. When my dad passed away 2 years ago she went back to smoking. Quit again for a few months and my aunt was terminal and she started again. She was diagnosed with melanoma in July and hasn’t touched one since. I am so proud of her, but I tell her all the time she better never pick one up ever again.
Congratulations on quitting! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
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Keep going! Good luck.
You can do it! You can quit and stay there – I know you can!
Way to go, you can beat it!
Congrats!! You can do it! I quit the day I found out I was pregnant with my oldest son and I haven’t looked back. Actually that’s a lie, I smoked one puff off of a friends cigarette at a football game earlier this year and I thought my lungs were going to explode! That’s all it took!
You sound like you will be successful quitting. It is important that you want to, hate it and don’t want to be part of it. It will work for you. 🙂
Good luck I just saw on pinterest the other day a great way to helps top is to go to a sauna or something like that.
Congrats Amy. You sound very determined. Best of luck.
I bet I know who the friend at work is!! All I have to say is he quit for about 8-9 months and ever since his first puff back on Memorial Day it’s been downhill from there.
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Way to go remember only think about it a day at a time and look at all the time you save not smoking, and before long food tastes better and you will have more desire to cook, I quit 18 months ago after approximately 40 plus years of smoking and their are times that I still would like a cigarette, but I go about my business and if I am really desperate I go where others smoke smell the smoke and it reminds me why I am glad I don’t smoke… lol.
Congrats! You can do it.
My parents quit not too long ago and now when they go anywhere smoky, they get nauseous!
You can do it!! I know you can. I wish the best for you. One day at a time and remember the reasons you quit.
Good for you! You just can’t ever do it again. Ever. I have never smoked once, but my fiance quit when we were first together. It is hard, but you can do it! It’s good that you hate it. Embrace that.