Atomik Kitteh

Hi Renee! I don't know if we ever connected on the other site (Abigail) but hello! I use my empty e-cig filter to, uh, pretend vape, I guess? I've done it with straws also. I look like an idiot but it helps me lol

Thanks DevilDoll! Thanks Action! It's been a long sucky road but, yes, here I am. No need to apologize, I am a fly-by reader/poster on many occasions so I tend to miss a lot :) Great to meet you!

Hi Chrysalis! Good to see you! (Abigail)

Hello everyone. I am new to this board and fairly new to the joys of not smoking. I am working hard to get to the point of actually feeling joy about the not smoking part. I am feeling the benefits physically but mentally... oy! It's going to be a looooooooong road! I started smoking as a teenager. Not sure exactly when but I know definitely by the time I was 16 or 17. I am 47 now. I quit because I want to live more than I want to smoke. I would very much like to be able to say that I don't want to smoke, but that would be a lie. Cold turkey is the method I have employed as I have tried everything else there is without success. I need to be rid of nicotine, period. Supposedly the "addiction" is gone from me and my body should no longer want it. Brain hasn't quite got the message, though. This is the second forum I have joined. I have found it helps to read about the experiences of others and be able to share mine. The mutual support has been a boon! I recognize some folks from the other board. There I am Abigail2014. I changed my avatar here as I was going through some older pics and found one of one of our cats when he was an exploding puff of orange fur. We called him Atomic Kitty then. I decided to resurrect the name. Wishing us all a successful journey to a more healthy way of being!