Kate18

Welcome and big hugs (if you're into hugs) Tara. You're in the right place if you want to quit smoking or other nicotine products. This is a very supportive group, and we're glad to have you aboard the QuitTrain. There is a lot of information in the top-listed posts, so hope you find them useful. The most important thing is to stay with us, keep posting, tell us what you're going through and let those people who have been there to help you. Good luck, my friend.

Ach! I had a knee injury, crutches, 6 weeks off of my job. Returned to my cashiering job and had repetitive injury to my back, with nasty spasms. Had to restrict my hours, and really hurt my income. But, I didn't smoke. Had to have hernia surgery and another 6 weeks off work. Returned to work and more back spasms because of repetitive action injury. But I didn't smoke. Now on medical leave because of repetitive motion injury, and at risk of losing my job if I can't conquer the spasms. Until now, I didn't crave a cigarette, but today I did. It was a bit scary. Here I am, a year plus a month, quit, and I wanted a cigarette. I'd quit drinking anything alcoholic because I'm on a plant-based-diet kick and no added oil or salt, no alcohol or diet cola. I was walking my dog and saw several cigarettes on the ground. Normally, in recent months, I'd have thought, "yuck, litter bug," Today I longed for a cigarette and destressing. That wasn't going to happen, so I caved and bought 2 cans of beer. Better that than cigarettes. Cigarettes are a rabbit hole you don't want to go down, my friend, no matter what. My quit is still intact. I'm so grateful to be quit, and wish anyone who is on the fence, or thinking or lapsing, to stick with it. Quitting and being nicotine-free is so much better. Quitting is freedom. Think of what you can do with the money you'll save. For me, it is stock investments. Do what it takes. It's worth it, my friend.

Kathleen, check into Michael Greger, MD on NutritionFacts.org. His grandmother was given 6 months to live because of heart disease, entered a clinical program, and went on to live another 12 years. Her health problem was heart disease, not cancer, but Dr Greger's research includes cancer issues. It may not be a cure-all, but perhaps this will give you hope and a plan of action. He is a physician who has devoted his life to presenting the results of medical clinical trials about foods that help us to be our healthiest, to arrest or reverse disease. Perhaps this won't be a cure, but it will do no harm. Best of luck

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Is this legit, fellow quitters?

Of course you know where you're headed...to a solid quit. I was a serial quitter over a long period of time, but the desire to quit grew stronger as time went by. I found my "why," a strong "why." When you find a strong enough reason to quit, you will. An effort, even if failed, is not futile, in my opinion. You learned something--your reason to quit wasn't strong enough. Don't give up on yourself. If you didn't want to quit, you wouldn't have attempted it in the first place. Good luck!

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Someone sent me this today when I was feeling low. Hope you don't mind my passing it on. It's about attitude. It reminds me of what I have to be grateful for. TRAVIS MILLS _ WHAT HAPPENED TO ME_ _1.mp4

Periodically I have smoking dreams. Perhaps it is once every three months. I am still a new nonsmoker, about a year and a month at this point. I quit because of Covid-19. I knew that if I smoked, I'd have less of a chance of survival as a smoker than if I didn't smoke. And the quit stuck, so to speak. I still have smoking dreams, though. They're not nightmarish, but I've been startled into awakeness. (Is that a word?) There is a fraction of a second where I feel dismay that I smoked, and then I realize it's just a dream and that I didn't smoke. The last time I had a dream was about two months ago. It's such a relief to discover that it was just a dream. Then I remind myself how much money I've saved by not smoking, and how many more months or years of life I've saved. Good luck to you!

Yes, the weight gain is something, a bit. Glad you're doing well.

I don't even need the pizza. Just beer used to set me off. Beer and smokes, aaahhhh. But, now it's beer and investing in the next good stock. There is life after cigarettes. Drink your beer while you research good companies to invest that cigarette money in. I'm into Bigg Digital at the moment. Drinking beer and investing the cigarette money into stocks. You have to do your research, though, don't just leap blindly. Actually, leaping blindly into a stock is probably better than smoking cigarettes. Leap on.

Find your Why. Why do you want to quit? If you're not sure, keep digging, keep asking. Seven years, I'm looking forward to being here to celebrate it. First I have to celebrate years 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, At least I'm at 1 year and counting. Hugs to you all

Yes! Cataracts from smoking, yes, I have them. I have drops, but I don't know if they'll work. Better to stop smoking before you get them. Smokers beware.

Ach, smoking costs so much money. When I quit, I invested money in the stock market that I would have otherwise would have spent on cigarettes. After eight months, I sold them to pay off a credit card. My stocks were up 85%. My friends who are sitting on the fence, it isn't just the health benefits that you reap, it's the financial benefits. Take the money you would have spent on cigarettes and open a brokerage account. Most of them do not charge commissions now. Investigate some basic stocks, like Apple, Paypal, Google, Shopify, Facebook, etc. Get a brokerage that will allow you to buy fractional shares. That means, you can buy $10 of a Facebook stock. You don't have to buy the whole share. A pack of cigarettes could buy you a fractional share of Tesla. If you want to buy into a new company, check with Jeremy on Financial Education on YouTube. (I hope I'm not breaking any rules here.) There is so much life to live without cigarettes! If you're hooked on cigarettes, explore getting hooked on investing in stocks or something else for your future! Do you love art? Invest in some brushes and paints and canvasses! This is just my own success story. Now it's your turn to write yours. Share your story of how you quit smoking and turned your attention to something else that is life-affirming. I'd love to hear from you!

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Watching the Boondock Saints (found on Amazon Prime at the moment. Opening scene, the recounting of Kitty Genovese and how she was not rescued. The twins made their respects to the Virgin Mary, and exited the church to light up cigarettes. I ached for a cigarette. Ach. Ach. I go for days without thinking of a cigarette. When I watched this scene, I ached for a cigarette. It's been more than a year since I smoked, and I have the visceral knowing that I'll never smoke again. There is no upside to smoking for me. Only for the tobacco moguls. Yet, I ached for a cigarette in that moment. Was this addiction? Or something else in the psyche? Thinking about it.

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