8 years and a half without smoking

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June 5, 201412 yr

Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself. First, I'd wish to thank the nice persons who already welcomed me by private message.

Well, this is my story. I'm 37. I started smoking at 18. I quit at 22 but I was only one year without smoking. After that I was a smoker until 29. I was a smoker for 10 years. The last one or two years were the worst ones. I smoked two packs a day, except on weekends, when some days I smoked up to three packs. At that time I did things that today kind of shame me such as using rolling paper to make a new cigarettes with the stubs...

But that time is fortunately far and over. Now I'm a non-smoker and I'm writing this just in order to add a humble support to people who is thinking on quitting or has recently quit. It is possible to do and it's absolutely worth. During my first non-smoking year I still missed the cigarettes sometimes (but very little) but a few years from now I feel like if I never smoked. I don't miss them at all.

For everyone interested in how I achieved it, I'll tell that I quit cold turkey, with the help of Allen Carr's book. It wasn't easy but not as hard as it may look. And, I insist, it was absolutely worth the effort.

Thanks so much for listening (reading). Regards!

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June 5, 201412 yr

Hi Charlie,

Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing about your quit. You've quite the strong quit going! :)

From charlie12:

During my first non-smoking year I still missed the cigarettes sometimes but a few years from now I feel like if I never smoked. I don't miss them at all.

This shows that there is a prize that awaits each one of us. :victory:

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