Rory69

Yay! You worked hard to reach this day. Congratulations, Albert!

Yay! Thanks guys, After a pack a day for almost 40 years, I never thought I’d be celebrating this milestone. Just know that no matter how long or how much you have smoked in the past, don’t give up - you CAN quit. There is life after cigarettes and it is sweet. Smoking is not an option for me today because I am one puff away from a pack a day!

Give love and send smiles. ELBOW

Thanks, everyone, for all the kind responses. I will definitely try to get my friend to join this site when she starts talking to me again. After she asked how I quit, I shared all the little tricks I used and after each one she would say “oh, that’s not going to work” or “that sounds stupid”. I finally got frustrated and told her she really didn’t want to quit and she hung up on me. Watching someone you care about struggle with this terrible addiction is very difficult.

I will have been quit for 8 years this month and after smoking a pack a day for 40+ years, I never thought I’d ever be able to get that Nicodemon off my back. I just signed up today to try to support a dear friend who is trying to quit after triple by-pass surgery. She's scaring me. I told her checking in with a board like this several times a day when I was quitting was so helpful. I used to keep a “War Journal” of encouraging comments from posters and I would read over it every single day. I’m glad I found this board and I hope I’m able to help my friend quit because after all she’s been thru, she’s having a hard time.

It sounds like you’re still grieving for your wife, CanDo. Did she smoke? If you’re dealing with the pain of grief, this may not be the best time to quit because quitting is hard and it takes all your concentration. Stay in touch though, even if you’re just lurking, because when you are ready, people will be here to help.