Hello everybody and thanks for the great welcome! I am, indeed, a follower of dragons and made a successful quit in January of 2013. Many unsuccessful quits were attempted before hand and I found that the formula that worked for me was: I started my quit midmorning instead of waking up into a quit (that always ended 3 days later for some reason) I accepted that I might not be 100 percent sure of my decision at times (triggers are tricky rabbits, I must say!) I understand the power of quitting just for one day when needed, and I know that smoking worked for me at one time but no longer does. Whatever dream put the idea in my head (ok..it was me!) that troubles were resolved by smoking faded away. At the moment I felt like smoking 49% of the time and felt like quitting 51% of the time, I started the quit process. I am grateful for everyday that I can keep the promise I made to relearn life without a smoke. Right now, I am struggling which is fine: as long as I start my day with a pledge and end it without a cigarette, I have kept my word. On occasion situations arise that would have led to a smoking fest for me and I celebrate the freedom of not spending my time and money on a smoke. Several things have occurred lately that have made me wonder if going back would actually help. I am reminded that these 'feelings' are triggers in disguise and a thought without action is just a thought after all.
Congratulations to everyone who is one this same journey. It is well worth it :-) Now if I could only figure out how to make my way around this site, I would be a happy creature indeed!