Hi everyone. First, let me say how much I enjoy checking out everyone's reasons for quitting and how much success has been spread across the boards and blogs. That gives me a lot of hope as I get ready to quit soon.
I've quit for as long as 7 months in the past few years and a few other stops and starts along the way of a week or two, but I always fall back into my bad habits after a while. I'm a dad now, so I've been trying to make a good effort in the 18 months since my son was born.
My extended family thinks I quit years ago (when I managed to quit for several months) and so for the past few years, I've only smoked at work, never at home and I've never smoked around the extended family. Seeing the success here I realize how important the support system is in this, so I'll hopefully get that here as I ramp up to my quit date of Aug. 23rd.
I plan to come clean to everyone as I start this, but as many of you can imagine, the thought of that ups the stress levels and makes the process that much harder. While my family will certainly be supportive, I worry about letting them down, as they're still assuming I quit a few years ago.
In all, I'm looking forward to Monday when I can draw that line and make a strong effort to quit one last time.
