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Quit Smoking 1 Year Ago Today

Nograts

Nograts

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I think it was today. Maybe today was the day I had my last cigarette and the 20th was my first full day of no smoking. I forget, I've always just said the 19th of February was when I quit. So today will be the 1 year mark of that.

I think I made a post about it, used Chantix and it worked pretty well, definitely helped with the cravings. The first 3 months were pretty god awful but each day got better than the last. The first week was pretty excruciating. After the 3 month mark I only thought about it maybe once a day and even then only for a brief minute or two. After 6 months I rarely thought of it more than two or three times a week. Now it seems so normal to me not to smoke I think about it maybe once every week or two.

My lung capacity has improved a great bit. I am not as winded doing things I used to get winded on. I probably smell a lot better, but I could never smell it on myself. I occasionally get a whiff of a smoker and its pretty pungent. I'm saving a ton of money. My god the money. Just...4-5 bucks a pack PER DAY adds up really fast. The little app thing I used for awhile had me up to I think 600-700$ saved before I changed phones.

I did gain a bit of weight, about 10lbs. Went from ~160 to ~170, but I can keep it in check if I watch what I eat.

Sometimes I do miss it. It was a good social tool, and it honestly felt great minus the side effects. Definitely relaxing and soothing especially with some coffee or a redbull or something. But after getting clean I don't think I want to go through that again. Maybe if they find a failsafe cure for cancer and emphysema I'll pick it back up.

Was just thinking about that so I thought I'd post it. 🙂
 
Cool man congrats, never go back.

Now that I think about it, believe I quit on the 17th of Feb 2 years ago. Used e-cigs and weaned my way down using lower nicotine % juice. Now don't use either.

Really don't miss it one bit, never have a craving. Back when I worked with a bunch of smokers, I'd have 1 maybe once a month. Was disgusting, just reminded me why the hell I'm not smoking. And the price, it would cost me $15 a day here for 2 packs. F That.
 
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Congrats dude!


Ive been smoking since 1982 when I started high school. Long time. I quit once for 8 months about 25 years ago. Didn't last tho. I guess if I really wanted to I could quit.
 
Awesome, congrats dude. I'm struggling with it now. Fucking sucks because I actually enjoy having a smoke, so it's very hard to quit something you enjoy and doesn't give you much problems really (right now, anyway). I'm thinking of trying the gum but if the e-cigs I've tried haven't help much, I'm not sure gum is going to. I just need to stick with it and ignore the cravings really, but that's much easier said than done.
 
gratz

what's funny is that 70-80% of the respiratory therapists at work smoke. kinda odd, and I have no idea why...
 
Congrate, this year April will be my 9th years. I think I had 3 smokes in between 2007-2016, two when I was very drunk, one lighting a smoke for my uncle in front of his grave.
 
Good for you. I quit when I was 28 after smoking for 14 years. Like you I needed about a year before I had no more cravings.

My brother who is 28 mos. younger than me just found out he has lung cancer. He is 60 and has smoked from his young teens just like I did. Only he never kicked the habit.
 
I'll be a year in 3 weeks, stopped using through laser therapy which i still believe is a hoax but after the first couple of days there wasn't much of an urge to smoke.
 
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So far so good I suppose. Can't complain. I think it'd shock you if I revealed how big of a swathe of the federal government I actually control. I'm not gonna do that though. I believe in humility.
 
Congrats. Sometime i feel like the weirdo who's never actually even tried one. My parents both smoked growing up and i hated it, so just never had a desire once i was of age.
 
clamum said:
Awesome, congrats dude. I'm struggling with it now. Fucking sucks because I actually enjoy having a smoke, so it's very hard to quit something you enjoy and doesn't give you much problems really (right now, anyway). I'm thinking of trying the gum but if the e-cigs I've tried haven't help much, I'm not sure gum is going to. I just need to stick with it and ignore the cravings really, but that's much easier said than done.
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Of course you enjoy it... because you're addicted to it.

Congrats to the OP. Don't go back to it!
 
quit 20 years ago, completely disgusted by the stench of smokers at work. the vapor trail of stink they have circling them is nauseating.

Congrats on quitting. Best thing you can ever do for yourself.
 
Congrats
One more week and it will be a year for me. Smoked for 30 years. Don't crave them at all even if I'm around smokers.
Shit gets real when you have a heart attack.
 
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