Hi Alweiler, I am so sorry I didn't see this yesterday.

First off, slow down and take a deep breath. Don't panic as we are here to help. Next time you post, put it on the Smoking site and not just in the advise posts. That is why I didn't see you.

The first thing to do is relax and take things a minute at a time. Get a bunch of paper ready and a pen. Write down on paper all the reasons WHY you smoke. Then on another paper, write down all the reasons you want to QUIT. I bet I know which list will be longer. I really think you are ready for this but I know it is scary. Remember, we ALL started this way and we all were scared. Read all you can from our posts and definitely join our sub-group Good Posts. There you will find tons of advise and suggestions to help you plan. Set a date for a few weeks in advance so you have time to get your head around the best decision you have ever made. Gather a 'Tool Box that is filled with tons of bottled water, books, gum, hard candy, play dough to keep your hands busy, and anything that can be used as a diversion when you get a craving.. Join us daily in Roll Call even before you quit. There are no requirements for joining, just a desire to quit and you have that already. Tell us your fears and feelings. After you have actually quit, join the daily Pledge . Message me with any questions you have. Remember, we all started with day 1. I smoked for 37 years and quit cigarettes 6 1/2 years ago. If I can do it, you can do it. It will be the best gift that you can give yourself and you kids. So glad you found us.

This is a very diverse group from around the world. All with the same goal....To quit smoking and to live a cigarette free life..Welcome

Ooops, I forgot to answer your question. You say that even though you hate smoking, you can't quit. That is because of all the addicting chemicals they put in the cigarettes to keep you hooked. You CAN do it but I know it is a scary thing. I had smoked for so long, I didn't know who I would be without that killer stick in my hand.

Bump....Come on family, Let's here from you

Hi Alweiler, Deb is absolutely correct. It is scary to quit but you CAN do it. Talk to yourself in a positive manner, no more negativity. I smoked for almost 50 yrs. and am now smoke free for almost 2 yrs. It'll be the best thing you've ever done for yourself.

Plan ahead, I had a little help cause I took Chantix for awhile but in the end you must want to quit. Sounds to me like you're ready, you just need to wrap your head around it. I built myself what I call a 'quit kit' I took a small basket and put gum, card candy, crackers, water, cinnamon dipped tooth picks, etc. into ti and carried it from my computer to my tv. (The two places you can, mostly, find me) Every time I felt a craving come over me, I'd reach for something from my quit kit.

We all had to start somewhere and to be honest, I didn't quit the first time I tried, I was back and forth awhile till it finally worked and I didn't want to pick a cig up again. Be it for whatever reason. My reasons were mostly health related.

You've come to the right place. Please let us hear more from you. {{{hugs}}} Linda

Thank you all. Where do I find the subgroup at?

I plan to quit on Monday. I'm going to write my lists tonight when I'm home from work.

I was terrified of quitting: so I didn't quit smoking: I quit nicotine.

Here - this is what I smoked.

http://www.herbaltobacco.co.uk/shop...

They feel the same as a normal cigarette. For someone as addicted as I was - i had to have that mouth feel, that clench in the throat, and a cigarette had to begin, get tapped to get rid of ash, and end. I couldn't cope, with GAD and the OCD that can come with it, with anything messing with that completeness of ritual.

Everyone said I was profoundly stupid and wanted to know how I was going to quit smoking if I smoked. But I knew what I was doing, for the first time ever.

If I was addicted to nicotine and did not 'need' a crutch of smoking, when the nicotine addiction ended, I would stop smoking.

If I was not addicted to nicotine, but needed to smoke for psychological and emotional reasons, then I could continue forever, without it costing so much, and without being dragged outside during school prizegivings to make myself stink before going back inside to feel embarrassed to sit next to the beautiful woman in the lovely jacket who smelled of expensive perfume....

The rest is history. it took me a few months during which I smoked like a train. But I didn't have to lose my crutch to get off the nicotine.

And I won an extra freebie: I disentangled the pavlovian response to seeing a cigarette. So if I see someone smoke, I don't care. And for about a year if anyone else lit up, so did I. I could go to the pub, I could do whatever I wanted. My promise to myself was I would smoke as much as I wanted. Just no nicotine. If you deprive yourself you become a junkie. Scarcity increases value. So never create scarcity no matter what anybody around you says.

I got through it. I got through it fine. I wasn't crutchless. I didn't have to find a new way of being. I was simply seeing if my smoking was 100% nicotine based, or something else. "

the link worked before! Try this:

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=honeyrose+cigarettes&oq=honeyrose+cigarettes&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i60j69i59j69i60l2.2290j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8