THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! It's an honor to receive all those wishes and congratulations. One year ago I didn't know how everything would turn out. It wasn't my first quit attempt, the previous one I blew almost exactly five years ago, sometime in November 2013. Since then I was torn between the feeling of defeat ("I will never be able to quit") and the brainwashed attitude ("I smoke because I enjoy it"). I did write before that this quit started because of a very trivial reson: I got new perfume and wanted to smell like it. And so I decided to stop smoking. And something weird happened: quitting turned out easy! There were cravings, but none that I could shake off, and overall, it felt easier and simplier, and less challenging than any other attepmt. Maybe I was also lucky that this time the cravings were much weaker, anyway, I got a chance and I used it.
About a month into the quit my world changed. I was told either to move to an unfriendly country or to leave my job. I left, found another one, I'm unhappy there but that's another story. Some time after that I realized, that old Ela would have used that opportunity to smoke. The brand new one - she didn't. There were stress-related cravings but I didn't want to smoke. And that's how this quit happened, I knew, that if I didn't smoke during that period of stress, I wouldn't smoke ever. And here I am, partying with you
Around the 17th day I found QSMB and it was a pleasure to meet all the wonderful people. There were periods when I was silent and those when I was active, but I can say without any doubt, that a community that will support you but without sugarcoating is a treasure. Thank you for all your help, all the useful information and simply for being there!
cake and champagne for all!