Today I am 289 days smoke free!!
I am so glad to see a lot of you still here! and I want to provide support to those that are where I was a year ago. I am coming up on one year in July and it literally is the very best thing I have done for myself.
I came to this site (for the millionth time) again last April. I had told myself I would be a non-smoker before my birthday in September of 2013. I made that committment in January, and I was running out of year.
I allowed myself to read the blogs, do the exersises (which helped me) and to participate in coversation. I asked for advice, received it, and took the advice this time. I read the books, went to the sites reccommended and educated myself. I did not conern myself with a date this time around, and only picked it when I felt I was ready. I set the date for the end of July, and by July 7th I was ready. I am SO thankful that this is behind me.
For the new quitters I send my most positive thinking to you! The very best wishes for you, for your upcoming year. I had a very rough few weeks, I came here and utilized this lifeline. I had written a blog about whether or not I would ever get to a point where I didn't think about smoking for a complete day. I was assurred by others that I would get there, but I was sceptical. I did get there. You will too! I rarely think about it anymore and when I do it is with a sense of pure joy and accomplishment which is now stronger than any urge.
I am a non smoker... a real one now, not the one I had to convince myself of in the beginning. It was that convincing and positive reinforcement that helped bring me to today. I KNOW where I was a year ago, I remember the feelings, the fear, the stress, the sleepless nights, even the bowls of ice cream I ate instead...I remember.all of it... and I am thankful that part of me is gone. I sympathize with you, what you are going through, but I can assure you that the day will come when you know longer think of it.
You really get to a point where there is no time to think about it. I seem to have gained so much more time in my day, I don't know how I even fit a cigarette in, let alone 15 to 20 of them.
