Thats ok...you can wait until your ready...but dont wait too long and stick to it when you decide I think that it is difficult because we expect to fail..but we dont if we really want it. ..I smoked for 35 years but when I was ready..i quit. It wasnt my first quit this time..but it was my last. (yes!)..You can quit too. Come on here often and we will help! Hugs Kate

We will be here with you! You can do it!

Like Kate said don't put it off any longer. Remember tomorrow is IT! THE day. You will remember tomorrrow's date for the rest of your life. :)

I've been planning a quit date since I joined this site in July! It seems to always get moved over a week, then another week, then, etc.

So good for you to change the date to tomorrow instead of Monday. My next plan quit date is supposed to be Monday too.

How about this, if you stick to your quit date tomorrow, then I will advance the date I planned to quit which is also Monday to tomorrow too. So that way you are not alone tomorrow with quitting in advance of your planned date.

And yes I feel like kicking myself in the you know what for even suggesting this since I was looking forward to having that ever (and always!) last weekend of smoking, but it would make up for all the times I set a date on my Goals bar here in the last few weeks to quit and try to use the support of this DS group and didn't.

If you think it will give you added support for me to join you tomorow, let me know. I have had the patches for months now, just waiting to be opened.

Ldybird, I know how important the actual planned quit date is, so I'll leave it up to you....if it had not been for such a bad attack today, I would be having a "last" smoking weekend myself.. :) ... I hope I see you here in the morning....

Darn! lol. kidding. I will see you here in the morning. Now I got to go change that quit keeper meter date grannie suggested here.

If you've not seen it, here's the link: http://www.dedicateddesigns.com/qk/


It calculates number of days stopped smoking, $ saved as well as days/months/years years added to your life.

lol....that's a good one ldybird. I'm going to try and get that quit keeper meter to measure progress, kind of gives ya' something to strive for...

Good for you for making the decision to stop smoking, bfcavender and ldybird. The best advice I can give is to educate yourself on the truth of nicotine addiction. Please read Allen Carr's book "Easy Way To Stop Smoking" as soon as possible. Here is a link to download it in PDF format.

http://nerukom.googlepages.com/AllenCarrEN-EasyWayToStopSmoking.pdf

Knowledge is power.

Hi there Thats a great idea you and idybird are going to be quit buddies. Thats going to help you both such a lot.
Thise coughing choking fits are shocking arent they. Its unbelievable that even despite those we want to smoke but thats the nature of the addiction. I will be looking out for you two and if ya need help just yell
hugssssssss Deb

I quit the day before my quit date and it was a good feeling,I felt like I was a step ahead all the time lol.Go for it bfcavender!!! xx

Any day you pick to quit is a good day. I agree with Mark, education is key when you quit.

As far as that coughing and choking goes, that is why I quit, but I waited to long, you may want want to check with your Doctor, it could be the start of COPD.

Holler if ya need help!

Good Luck, I actually quit before my actual assigned quit date and I am on 7 months!! U can do this....Keep your reasons for quitting close , expecially your coughing attacks!!!

There is never a bad time to quit. Be sure to drink a lot of water and be very kind to yourself. If you feel like napping then take a nap. If you feel a need to scream and punch something then scream at the top of your lungs and punch a pillow. Start telling yourself NOPE NOPE NOPE (Not One Puff Ever) when the nicodemon starts to holler that it wants to be fed. I know that deep inside of you is a person who craves living freely as a nonsmoker. You may find that within a very short space of time you stop coughing up a lung, you look better, you FEEL better and you can begin to really BREATHE. Isn't that worth the minimal discomfort that goes with the early phases of letting go of such a killer addiction? C'mon and embrace the new nonsmoking you and we'll help you along this amazing journey you are about to take. I want to add a personal note here and tell you that I stopped smoking a day earlier than my set quit date. I had been rationing my cigs but ran out a day early. I had a choice to make. I could buy another pack and miss my quit date, or have a smokefest and plug right back into wanting my 1-1/2 packs a day or I could just quit. I opted to just quit and that was over 2-1/2 years ago so quitting a little early can really work!

So......?

Did you two quit?

Hi Brian. Yes, it's been a whole almost 15 minutes! Ack. lol.

Yes, both bf and I made our pledge in the Friday pledge.

I want to thank everyone for the encouraging words.

The quit keeper meter says I've saved a whole $0.16 and that's all it says for now. lol.

One day at a time. I have a feeling I will need this place alot. Yeesh, already feel an urge to smoke a cigarette but I will be getting busy soon with some errands so that will help, I am sure.

How are you holding up bf? I am finding it's a great release and support to just babble about it already.