Hello Everyone! I'm brand new to this forum and just found this thread.
I just hit the one year mark of being cigarette free. My story is probably typical of many others. Started very young due to peer pressure and my father smoked. I always enjoyed the smell of it. Well after over forty years I had had enough. I finally could not stand the smell of it anymore. I had been smoking on the back porch and came inside. Well the windows were open and the smell was terrible. Could not handle it anymore. I put them down.
Actually I guess I was justready to quit. I had only tried once before, about 10 years ago, and only made it a week. But this was different, I was ready. I still miss them and still reach for them. Then I just say to myself, "What, are ya stupid!" LOL, and the felling passes. Unlike most everyone else, I still enjoy the smell of it, guess ZI always will.
To quit I started with the patch. After one and a half months I noticed my skin was tunring yellow and irritated. I came off the patch and never looked back. I believe that no one can be forced to quit, I know I couldn't. We all find our own reason and time to do it. Here's to us that have quit and to those who are starting their own journey!