I called the tobacco hotline in March of 2008, and set a quit date of april 13. So on Apr. 13 2008 I quit smoking. How did that go? The first week I chewed 40 pieces of nicotine gum. By the end of the week the gum tasted like an ashtray! Since then I have not had a single craving. People can...
I equate stopping smoking with improved self-esteem. For many years I just didn’t care about much of anything. Especially having gone through a long period of major Depression. I smoked on and off through my adult life. My mother smoked most of her adult life so I was around smoking from...
My grandmother gave birth to my Uncle Mike in 1976, the same year my mother gave birth to my older sister, Jessica. I was born, Bethany Rose, in 1978 and you can see that we all were very close in age. 11 months ago, my "Uncle" Mike that I never referred to as my uncle, was diagnosed with liver...
This June will make 11 years since my last cigarette. I started smoking like most young people in my community - -peer pressure/everyone smoked . In the year 2000 I was a single mom with a teenage daughter . One evening in June, I started experiencing excruciating pain in...
I smoked a pack a day for 25 years, but I quit 3 years ago. I have 2 kids and a wife of 23 years who tried to get me to quit since we were first dating. I finally realized that I was just as tired getting up in the morning as when I went to bed—I was too young to feel so tired all the time! I...
I decided to quit smoking for the 3rd time for two major reasons. One was that I was feeling the effects of smoking - coughing and shortness of breath; I'm an outdoors person and was not wanting to stop doing the things I enjoyed the most. The other reason was that I considered myself a healthy...
I never considered myself a smoker, because I only smoked when I felt emotional, or was socializing outside, or a good song came on, or a certain friend came over, or, or, or...So when I did realize that I was consistently rolling and smoking cigarettes I realized that it might be...
As a young boy growing up I was fortunate enough to have a loving family who would come together at the local market on a Saturday morning in our town in England. Each Saturday I would meet my Grandfather who would sneak me small change so that I could buy treats. These were wonderful memories...
So I first picked up a cigarette when I was thirteen.. Smoked here & there and ofcourse in time got addicted. I am still smoking to this day. A huge part of me wants to kick the habit yet I seem incapable. Quitting has come to mind before but I never really put it in action until now. I used...
My father Brian started smoking when he was 14. He became a Bluegrass musician who was widely famous in Maine, Canada, and most of New England. He'd played bluegrass music with performers such as Jimmy Cox, Smokey Greene, Marty Stuart, and Alison Krauss. When he was 58 he was diagnosed with...