Like many of us, I tried to quit smoking several times before being successful this time with 637 smoke free days and counting but I believe finding this site was the support that I needed to be successful and to believe in myself. I found this site by fluke in June of 2014 and set up a quit date for July 7th but wasn't ready so I reset the date for the 14th and did alot of reading here but hid in the shadows until I was on my 18th day when I finally commented on someone's post and was asked if I could write a blog and tell them a little bit about myself so I did and I know that everyone here helped strengthen my resolve to remain quit because I was having a rough time but thankfully whenever I felt like I was crawling out of my skin or I was going to rip my hair out I came here and there was always someone to help me through the rough patches. I finally figured out with this quit that I wasn't just going to try to stop smoking but this time I knew in my heart and soul that I was going to do it no matter what, N.O.P.E - NOT One Puff Ever will give us a beautiful forever quit because S.I.N.A.O - Smoking Is Not An Option, if we do these two mantras then we have N.E.F - Never Ever Forget is one thing that I never ever want to go through again so I pray that I always remember those first few weeks of roller coaster ups and downs because I never want to go back only forwards because life without the crutch of cigarettes is absolutely wonderful, quitting smoking is so very doable, just be willing, determined and totally committed to succeed and you can and will be successful and at the end of each day you can smile because you have made it through another day WON and it's a wonderful feeling.
Marilyn
