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Can't even tell you how proud I am of you!  I know by watching Momma go through it how hard it can be ~ anyone that can do it is a hero!  Congrats!  Doing a happy dance for you!!!

   Congrats are in order for you. That is probably 1 of the hardest things you will ever do.  I stopped smoking 7 months ago after 35 yrs.  It was not easy & it is still hard.  I can smell someone smoking a mile away ha ha ha at least that is what it seems.  Get a urge everytime I see someone with a cig just have to walk away quickly, hope that part goes away soon.  The best of luck to you. know you can do it  "One Day at a Time".

So proud!  I know you have to be feeling better!  Glad my friend will be around a lot longer!!

   Congrats on quitting, know you will feel better  & surprise you will be able to smell more odors.  That was 1 of the 1st things I noticed that I could smell better.

My dad quit smoking back in '89 - it was a heart attack that prompted him to do it.  How wise you are to take control of your health!  Congrats and best wishes on your continued success with weight loss and healthy lungs.  Go Pmeek!

Congrats on not smoking and the eating thing will be fine It's just getting used to a lifestyle change. Yay for you and doing such a great job.

UGH!  Where do I start? LOL

Pam, I can't tell you how much I envy you nor how proud I am of you and I don't even know you!  Any smoker knows how hard it is to quit and fight the cravings one will get.  I can't imagine what crackheads go through but then again if it's anything like cigs I can! 

I've quit 6 times since New Year's.  It wasn't a resolution, I just thought I had had my fill, until I figured differently.  Smoking is like an old friend who you love and always want to be around.  It's mind-boggling how one can depend on something so much that has the potential to kill you. 

I'm a beer drinker and a coffee drinker.  Like anyone who drinks and smokes, you know you feel like you can't have a drink without a cig.  Or one who liks that cig first thing in the morning or after a meal.  I know it takes one to actually change up one's routine to successfully quit but I feel like I can't.  I want that cig when I'm drinking coffee or when I'm having a beer.  I want that cig right after a meal or snack. 

My neigbor quit 6 years ago.  She said she even changed her route to work because she'd get to a certain point and it was habit that she lit up.  She said to stock up on Jolly Ranchers and anything crunchy or low-fat to occupy your mouth.  She gave up coffee and wine because those were huge triggers.

For me, it feels like I'm coming out of my skin after 4 days.  I'm so darn irritable I can't stand myself and I feel like I'm functioning on fumes.  Depressed, unmotivated, sad, in mourning to name a few emotions.  I've been smoking out of my back door for 4 months now so I thought I'd take it a step further and only smoke outside.  I'm outside so much I ain't getting anything done LOL

I know it isn't my time to quit.  I know I have to really want it and I just don't.  I don't want to die from it but I don't want to give it up.  I've been wondering what my breaking point will be.  The one thing that will effect me enough to just stop.  I've even gone as far as to look at pics I've googled on what lung cancer looks like.  Lung cancer and mouth cancer.  It just doesn't seem to be enough.

What was your breaking point?  What was the one thing that made you put them down for good no matter how much you wanted to pick them back up?