Stories and experiences by: storm

Today, 1275 smoke free days for me, so I am fast approaching the milestone 3.5 years smoke free I have been reading everyone's stories and the comments associated seeing both old and new names I am so impressed how this forum works, the support that is available and given here is an invaluable tool for everyone I honestly don't think i would have succeeded without this site So where ever you...

Today is my anniversary, it is 3 years to the day that I stopped smoking, congratulations to me It is hard to believe that I have achieved this, I still remember those early days when I was never sure that I could get through the next hour. I apparently am a lot more determined than I was aware in those early days. I still have fleeting thoughts of having a cigarette, sometimes the thought t...

Unbelievable 1016 days without a cigarette i remember when i first joined this group i thought i would never make it. The idea that i could get thought a full 24 hour period without a cigarette was such a foreign concept and I honestly never thought i could do it. However, the support I received from everyone on here was amazing, and without this service i am not sure i would be where I am no...

Today I am 935 Days Smoke Free For those of you who are just starting your journey to a smoke free life, believe in yourself, take one day, one hour or one minute at a time. Use this site or whatever you need to help you. we are all on the path to a smoke free life, we may take different routes to get there but that's OK. I thank this site and the many people on here that supported me especia...

Hi all today is my Birthday and i am 2 years 1 month without a cigarette or 761 days. I never thought this was possible in the beginning, I had smoked since the age of 13 I stopped one month before i turned 60 at which time I was smoking around 40 a day sometimes more. So it can be done. the longest I had ever gone without a cigarette was I think around 6 days, and I think I still had a puff ...

Hi all. Today is TWO YEARS smoke free 730 days I am so so proud of myself, I just wish I had done it earlier before I developed COPD but there is no point dwelling on it, I just have to get on the best I can and push myself. Anyway I will stop feeling sorry for myself after all, I have no one to blame but myself. Anyway if I can do this anyone can good luck everyone

Hi All It has been about a month since I checked in last, I have been reading your stories and it is great to see so many new names starting your individual journey to a smoke free life. I wish you all well, it is journey that we must embark on in our own way, for me I needed the assistance of Champix, my husband has just begun his journey he had been trying to cut down however, after a serio...

I am 632 days smoke free & I don't want or feel like a cigarette. But HABIT nearly got me I have just been talking on the phone out on the back veranda,( my husband still smoke but has cut down a lot and leaves his cigs on the table out there) and before i knew it I had a cigarette in my hand and lit the lighter It gave me such a shock, i didn't lit the cigarette. So be careful out there, someti...

Hi all, it has been a while since I last posted, on Wednesday I reach my one year anniversary without a cigarette, smoke free. I truly believe without this site I would never have made it, for all those that have helped me during the last 12 months and believed in me when I had doubts thank you so much. To those of you who are on the journey to a smoke free life, use this site and have faith...

Hi all today I am 282 days smoke free, and doing well, just wanted to pop in and say thank you to all on this site , this site has been invaluable to me on this journey I certainly would not have made it through the first 100 days without you. So I wish you all a Merry Christmas, whether you celebrate Christmas or not please accept my best wishes and heartfelt thanks at this time