9 Months..no cigarettes

[Jizi]

Well I just want to say that today is my 9th month without smoking, feels great, for those of you out there trying to quit, I did it and I thought I'd never be able to quit. Looking at my kids and living longer keeps me motivated and away from cigarettes.

[kathyjo]

Congratulations!! Wow, great job : )
You should give yourself a pat on the back! Kudos to you : )
I'm right behind you....7 months today : )
Doesn't it feel great and don't we smell wonderful!
Kathy Jo

[Jizi]

oh yeah, I never realized it until i stopped, my fiancee is a smoker, and now when close to him i think wow i use to smell like that. if only he would quit, i try to talk to him but he just blows it off.

[kathyjo]

I was the holdout in the relatioship and I never could understand my husband's complaints until I smelled a smoker after I quit.
I give you a lot of credit.....must be hard being around a smoker and not doing it too. Good for you! Maybe it will eventually sink in and he will quit but I remember the constant harassment and still I had to do it in my own time. One thing I did though and in the end it helped a great deal, was to stop smoking in the house and car.
Again, congratulations Jizi and keep it up : )
Kathy Jo

[FMXSMKR]

Hey Jizi, congratulations on 9mos!!!!  How proud of yourself you must be.  You deserve double congrats for quitting smoking while hubby still does.  That must of made it difficult and I would imagine, still might.  It doesn't sound like your fiancee is any where near quitting which is too bad.  All in our own time though, right?

Take care Jizi....

[misslja]

It almost takes 9 months to get to the point of REALLY not thinking about it anymore.....but you know what you did?  You did something Hard!  When I hear people telling me "it's hard to quit smoking" or "it's hard to quit drinking" I now tell them......"It's ok, you can do hard....."

Linda Joy Allan

[FMXSMKR]

I love your post.  You make a good point about it taking 9mos to really stop thinking about it.  I asked a girlfriend who quit smoking how long it took for the urges to subside.  She said a year!  

I HAVE done hard before, but this is sooo haaarrrrrd and a constant struggle.  

[Jizi]

Yeah I don't really think much about it, But on my really bad days I say I should just smoke a cigarette but than i think i've gone this long why do it, my neighbor has been struggling with quitting, she's quit on and off the past few years and she will say it, do NOT LIGHT UP, once you smoke that one its down hill struggle from there, I tell her all the time she can do it. As for my fiancee, I don't really push him to much, i remember being a smoker myself and having people lecture me about how bad cigarettes were for you, i would blow them off and tell them i don't want to hear it, so I can only hope he quits soon, well hope he will be ready to quit soon.

[ready2help]

Congratulations! What wonderful news! I am so happy for your kids. And you're a terrific role model for them.

My husband is a longtime smoker - really can't quit. I hate it, just hate it. I find it frustrating. I even sometimes feel he is selfish because he is depriving his girls of a dad by shortening his life.  And their mom died last year - they need their dad!

To be honest, if I had to do it over again - I would make smoking a dealbreaker in a relationship, if I was meeting someone for the first time. When I was younger, I just didn't get it!

Good Luck to you!

[VOR]

CONGRATULATIONS to each of you has stopped.  While it might not be exactly the same, I used to chew tobacco.  I started in 5th grade and chewed heavily for 10-years.  I was able to quit when I deployed overseas 20-years ago.  It was one of my biggest accomplishments in life and I am so glad I quit.  

My point is that you CAN do it and one day you'll look back and feel sooooo good b/c you quit.