Try the roll call and pledge. It helps me.
You'll get a lot of help for your quit here.
Good luck and you can do it,

It is good to quit smoking , it does do some horrible things to your health. Smoking is more an addiction than habit.
Make a plan to quit and stick to it. Its not easy but can be done. Reading some helps ..
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/good-posts

While smoking is a habit it is also an addiction. So perhaps you need a little extra help....like a pact, gum, you may have a place in you town to help with sessions on quitting.

The first step is ...I want to quit......then you make that happen.

Welcome to the 'family' of non smokers. The most successful quits are the ones that are planned. We can help you with that plan. Pick a date sometime in the next month and start working towards that day. There are many different ways to quit, if one doesn't work for you find another way. Some here quit cold turkey, some used gum I personally used to Chantix. join us daily for roll-call, you do not have to be quit to join us there.

A wise friend once told me "If you want to change your life you start with changing your mind". I did just that, I changed my mind on smoking, I no longer wanted the stigma, the expense, the health issues etc. that go hand in hand with smoking. I put a plan in place, i.e. I chose a quit date, a quitting method (cold turkey) I did some research on how to quit, I joined couple of support groups and then put plan B in place, Chantix, hanging out in places where the no smoking rules were strictly enforced, changing up habits that were actually triggers. I learned many tricks that helped but mostly I just had to realize that I really did not want to smoke any longer. Cold turkey did the trick for me but really there is no wrong way to quit, you just have to want it. Keep coming back, let us know how you are progressing with the process of quitting (it really is a process, not an event), vent, boast, cry, laugh, punch a pillow, but mostly remember that the way we quit any addiction is one day at a time.

I'm back! Finally off of my DS ban. LOL I don't know if you all will remember me, but I was here about five months or so ago. I quit smoking for three weeks then had a trigger moment and thought I could have just one or two that evening (alcohol was involved, not that it's an excuse, but I wasn't using good judgment). P.S. Blew my quit. And of course, as many of you will attest to one ciggie leads the the next, the next and so forth. I've been smoking like a fiend since. I kept putting off my next quit . . but have been thinking about it a lot lately. Especially since I'm starting to develop a cough (which I never had before). BTW, I quit by using Alan Carr's "Easy Way to Stop Smoking". And it was fairly easy as I remember. However, I was a bitch with a couple of the CL's and got banned during this time frame! Lost my support system here. Ouch. Anywho . . I picked up the book again this morning and am about half way through reading. Not sure if I'll finish it today, but will def post pledge after I've had the final evil nico-monster! Round of hugs . . glad you folks are still here! Dayna

Oh, I think it was Jazzkeys that suggested Alan Carr. Thanks!! I tried everything, and I mean everything . . this past three week quit was the longest and most positive quit ever. I know it will work this time around!! Keeping it moving and positive! Half way through the book today . . plan to finish tomorrow, or Sunday at latest. Stay tuned for Roll Call & Pledge to come!

I can not really add to everything that was already said. They have said it all. First you have to want to. Very good advice.......you have to make up your mind. Even though it is an addiction, it is also a habit. I've heard said: "anything you do more than 3 days becomes a habit". I quit a little more than 2 years ago and I smoked for almost 50 years. So if I can do it, you can do it. Keep coming here to roll call, we'll support you and cheer you on the way. Goodluck!!

Good going Dayna, I'm proud of you. Just remember to have your tools ready for when those cravings hit, WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Glass of water, hard candy, be prepared to walk hard and long, and don't forget to breathe.
Mlopp, you may want to try reading Allan Carr's bood too, and go the the" Good Posts" site here on the smoking Board for some excellent advice.
Elsie, I've forgotten how to post the site so could you please post it for these gals?
I know I was a walking disaster here long ago, and quit often, never succeeding for long, but persistance worked. I quit for 2 years now, so never give up.

Welll.....where are Mlopp and dschwartz?

Y'all still quit or what. would like to hear from ya. Join in the Roll Call and Pledge each day...support helps with a quit.

I'm here, I'm here. !!! Just a little late getting going in the mornings for pledge and roll call. :) Thanks for checking in on me and caring!! Hugs