I stoped smoking (I am so proud)
By violeta_va
@violeta_va (4831)
Australia
December 18, 2008 8:04am CST
I finaly did it. It has been over 2 months since I last had a smoke. I was not some heavy smoker as it was (I had 40 cigarets in 6-8 days) and in the few months before I quit I was down to about 1 a day, but I always had to have at least 1. I am 5 months pregnant and I did it for both my self and the little one, but I tried when pregnant with my son and could not do it. Now after 2 months I know I can go without them (finaly after 14 years). I went to a friends house and she smokes (we were outside the whole time) and she smoked and I didnt get the craving to have one. And for the first time in my life when somene is smoking or smells on cigarets it stinks to me. I know I am ready to live my life smoke free now and I am glad. I still have lots of cigarets at home (I got lots on my trip) and even knowing that I have them all around me does not make me want to light up.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
20 Dec 08
That is AWESOME!!! Keep up the good work!!! I never really smoked so I don't understand, but I can see from others that this is a great accomplishment.
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
20 Dec 08
It is amazing how that smell penetrates everything. I had to move back in with my mother for a few years and when I moved out I couldn't believe how my things smelled of smoke. I had been living with it for 6 years and just didn't realize that I smelled like a smoker!
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
20 Dec 08
what do you mean we smell like smokers no we dont other smokers smell we never do. I cant belive that I actually belived that I did not smell :)))
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
20 Dec 08
It is an adiction like any other once you start you cant stop it like eating chocolate or things like that. But it is hard but hey I smell better now :)))
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@Iconoclast1 (389)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Glad to hear it violeta! I wish you luck in staying away from those coffin nails! I know just how hard it can be. I smoked for 16 years and was up to 3 packs a day. Then almost 11 years ago(How time flies!)I quit cold turkey. And I never looked back. My advice is to make an anniversary out of it. I know the exact day I quit and that shows me just how much backsliding would cost me. You're on the right track, keep it up! :)
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
wow 3 packs a day I am glad I never went that far that must have been very hard to walk away from. I dont even know when I quit exacly but it was the end of September.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
I dont need to wait a year I could have my I did it every day because I feel so strong about making this decision and I am loving it been smoke free.
@Iconoclast1 (389)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Yeah, it was stupid to chain smoke like that. I worked in a newstand surrounded by cigs and I would smoke 2 packs while working and another pack at night. You could treat September 30th as the anniversary set a time period and when that anniversary rolls around have an "I did it party." I made sure to commemorate every year that went by without me smoking. It's a huge accomplishment, quitting! Good luck!
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@enirahtak (67)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
Wow...that's great. Congratulations! You only proved that one can really succeed in doing what he/she must do, for as long as he/she focus and give his all, no matter what are the obstacles he/she may face. Again, congratulations.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
20 Dec 08
Thank for that it still seems unreal that this time it was so easy to do it.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
21 Dec 08
You cant make a person stop untill they want to stop. Cuting down is first step what ever he smokes now he should cut the number 1 by 1 say he mokes 25 a day he should do 24 for few weeks then go to 23 and so on.
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@mazdakid (347)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
hi there violeta_va! congratulations on such a great achievement! to quit smoking is one of the hardest habits to break since nicotine is extremely addictive. quitting takes a lot of effort, patience and dedication. and you're one of the lucky ones who have finally quit the habit.
in my case, i'm still a smoker, but i am gradually quitting it. i was about to quit cold turkey (although it didn't work too long last time... only 6 months) again, but i got a girlfriend who was a heavy smoker. i was influenced again and i'm smoking a bit heavier than the usual 3 sticks a day.
then, God gave me a warning sign... my hypertension (which i had controlled and did not show up since 2005) started coming back with 140/100 pressure readings. i had a checkup with my cardiologist and found that i also have a heart problem called second-degree AV block. if i keep smoking, i might make my hypertension worsen and get a stroke, or turn the 2nd-degree block into the serious third-degree AV block.
because of these, i'm planning to quit by january or february 2009. right now, i'm only having 1-2 sticks a day, and i do not smoke inside the house and during weekends anymore. i only smoke when i'm with my girlfriend. i'm also starting to scare her about my grandmother passing away from lung cancer due to second-hand smoke (she's not a smoker) and my current health problems. maybe she'll also quit soon. hahahaha!
anyways, thanks for reading and happy mylotting! =)
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
you are doing all the right things right now and I am sure that you will join me on the other side (the non smokers) very soon. Somethimes we need a health scare to make us stop and re think our lifes.
@rsa101 (38115)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
I am happy to hear about that. Though I do not know you but I admire you're courage to quit smoking. Many do try and fail at breaking that habit that easy. I guess your being pregnant is something that made you decide that. I do hope that you continue that when even when you are finish with your pregnancy as it may have an effect on the baby when you get back on that habit again. I am happy for you.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
Been pregnant helped a lot both with been so sick all the time and thinking of the baby as well.I dont plan on starting smoking again.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
18 Dec 08
I wish my hubby is as strong willed as you are
he doesn't smoke as much now but surely far from quitting
it's a program from the insurance company that his workplace uses
congratulations ! beating an addition isn't easy no matter what it is
one day I hope my hubby can do this too
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
I hope too and I know its hard and its a adiction and any adiction is hard to quit but he will if he wants to one day. My husband always told me to quit (he is an ex smoker and he should have knows better how hard it was) and yes I could have said I quit and smoked behind his back to keep him quet but that was not the point. Now I am so proud
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@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
18 Dec 08
Congratulations violeta!
not only for quitting for your little one but also quitting for yourself. it takes a lot of will power for that to happen especially when you smoked that amount before so you should be proud of yourself! it could be your new years resolution to continue it
Happy Holidays!!!
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@mindym (978)
• United States
19 Dec 08
YAY!! Good for you! That is a BIG acomplishment. I am not a smoker and never have been, but I do have friends who are smokers and have heard from them that it is hard to quit. I've heard and am sure that smoking is addicting, but I think if people really want to quit and put their minds to it, they can do it.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
Thanks that means a lot coming from a non smoker as many non smokers say that we dont try or dont want to quit and what the big deal is but you understand its not that easy.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
Thanks for that. He needs to make that decision him self and untill he does there is nothing much you can do. In my case when people were telling me to quit it made me angry as it was my life.
@rajeshank (253)
• India
18 Dec 08
wow congrats you really done a great job...hates of yar...i am trying to quit my smoking for past 3years but i was not able to do it...still trying hard but i am falling into it again and again...hope sure one day i too join your list...:)
@easterangel (139)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Congratulations to you as well! My dad by God's grace also learned to stop smoking about a few years ago. He did this after smoking for about 30 to 40 years or so. I do hope that it didn't damage much part of his body.
Again congratulations and may you life a healthier lifestyle in the days to come! :)
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
Wow that is fantastic to quit after so many years you must all be relived and happy and proud of him I would oh and my father did that after many years of smoking and I am proud of him.
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
18 Dec 08
[i]HI violeta,
Wow..congratulations for that..I know it's not easy but keep it up..There is nothing impossible really when person is determined and focused!
I am also very proud of my dad who quits smoking, he used to consume a pack or more per day but when he decided one day to quit, it was all the way until this time and it was like a blessing for the family, we are so happy![/i]![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
I have tried few times before but I was not ready to do so. Now I think I am ready because I dont even think about them while before it was all I was thinking about.
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@thebeaddoodler (4262)
• Lubbock, Texas
18 Dec 08
Congratulations! I'm trying to quit by cutting back one cig a day, but it's not working. I'll get down to 5 a day and the next thing I know I'm back up to 10. I need to just bite the bullet and not smoke that first one in the morning and take it from there. I've quit 3 times in my life, but always go back when a crisis hits. Gotta have my "crutch".
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
I have done it God only knows how many times somethimes for 6 months somethimes for 6 weeks but even that felt great having that brake. I have smoked for half of my life I was about 14 when I started and now I am 28. Dont force your self I went from about 10 a day to 40 a week (that is about 5 a day or less) with this programs I used and that made huge difference as well I dont think its easy if you smoke more say 20 a day or more because its the habit more than the need I think to have that smoke every 20 min or whatever and now you dont have anything to do. But when you get down to 5 then 4,3,2 and then 1 a day having that 1 does not make a change if you dont have it.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
Money that I save hmmmmmm well lets see average pack on my smokes was $17*52 (weeks)= 884 that is a nice sum. We will get a new computer next year. But since I got pregnant we have saved so much money (I eat less or hardly eat at all) I cant go shoping and if I go I do it very fast in case I get sick. I am thinking that in 9 months we are going to save a lot of money.
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
19 Dec 08
I am 5 months pregnant and still sick with my son I was sick for almost the whole pregnancy and this one is nothing better in fact a lot worse (due to my gall blader been removed and all the acid that has no where to go)
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@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
18 Dec 08
Congrats for being strong willed. I hope you continue to be successful with this. Maybe you can share your secret so i can persuade specific people in my family to quit. I hate people who smoke around me and my son.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
You can never force or make anyone quit I always say that people have to be ready. When I was isck once and needed operation I did quit but started againg once I was better because I was not ready. This time I felt very sick (and still do) been pregnant and as much as I wanted to smoke I was unable and then once I noticed that I can go for hours without a smoke I chalenged my self I would say lets see if I can last 1 more comercial brake or till such time. And then I started feeling the benefits of not smoking and realised that less smoking equals less problems for the little one but giving up gives my baby better health I just could not risk that.
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@busymom312 (122)
• United States
18 Dec 08
That is so great, Violet! I know how hard it is to try and quit. I have two little ones at home and tried to quit when I was pregnant with both of them. I did cut way back, but wasn't able to. I still feel a little guilty about that, but thank God both are healthy. I smoke about a pack a day again, and am starting to think about trying to quit soon. I guess I'm not quit ready to totally give them up. You are doing great, though! Hope I will be joining you soon.
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@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
18 Dec 08
The first thing about quiting is knowing that you want to quit and wanting to quit my friends say they never want to try to quit I always wanted to give up smoking and I am glad I did. I will wait for you on the other side :))) think of been smell free and having few extra $$$$ (there some motivation for you)
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