January 11, 2004

I quit on my birthday, July 30th. Almost six months.

August 16, 1992 for me. Went cold turkey from a 2 pack/day habit and managed to survive that without doing anyone in!

Congrats to everyone!

I quit on January 7th, 2003.

June 8th '04

Hey everybody....

I'm new to this tribe, but I'm happy it's here.... I quit on September 22, 2003...... In just a few days that'll make 9 months!!! It does get better, but I do still have the occasional psychological craving.... I smoked for 18 years and just before I quit I was up to 2 1/2 packs a day so this is a major accomplishment on my part.... It hasn't been easy.....

July 24th, 2004

Hey everybody, kinda new to tribe.net. Anyway, I quit smoking back on 2/27 of this year, after smoking since I was about 15 or 16. I honestly don't know what finally clicked in my head to quit smoking, but something did (a moment of sanity, perhaps?) and I'm glad it did. There's nothing magical about quitting, I don't think. It just takes a lot of determination and willpower...and support!

Hi all - just joined here. My quit date was August 23, 2004. I gained about 40 lbs within 8 months of quitting - oops........well...........I quit the second I found out I was pregnant! I guess after 8 months of pregnancy and 15 months of breastfeeding, the urge is gone. Pregnancy was a great quitting program - took the cheating element out of the picture since it was no longer just my body.

Its nice to not have to be tied to a pack of smokes. My husband still smokes though but since I quit, he smokes maybe half as much as before. I don't pester him to quit because that's the best way for him to up his consumption.

I am thankfully not a born again non-smoker...the kind who, after quitting, walks up to a smoker and says, "you really should quit," or, "Do you know how bad those are for you?" I used to hate when recent quitters would do that to me so I pledged not to do that to others.

I am just thrilled to be free of cigarettes. Funny thing though, I don't mind the smell when others are smoking...it makes me nostalgic of my teenage years when I started to smoke but there is zero desire to have one now.

I quit again on May 10th 2007. yup, 3 days ago. Ive quite before for 9 months at time, couple of times.
My approach is to keep it positive. Dont punish yourself and up the guilt factor if you fall off the wagon.
just get up, dust yourself off, climb back on that wagon and hold on for the ride....
I kinda feel like im at a meeting
*Hello, my name is Valentina and Im addicted to cigarettes.......*
Im so glad I found this tribe, thank you all....