It’s been an ongoing battle for me. I quit for 8 years because when I had my children then I start back up then quit for a few months to a year but always start back up.

I started when I was 14 quit back in 2012 then started back after I had my son in 2020 for a couple of year then I’ve quit but the longest I’ve gone was 6 months.

With cigarettes so expensive I’m glad I don’t go through a pack a day I’m at 3 a day

I started when I was 8 and the longest I've gone is roughly 14 months. It's a struggle. I want to quit again but I'm kinda at a loss. Should I wait until I get past the next trauma trigger I'm going to tackle or hold to my quit date??

There is no easy way.. When I started I wish my mom hadn’t been an enabler as well as my dad.

My mom caught me sneaking instead of the lecture and taking them away she bummed 1 off of me and told me I don’t need to sneak around and allowed me to smoke in the house and car.

She told me she figured there wasn’t much she could do and knew me and my sister were going to do it.

But if she did lecture and didn’t make it easy by allowing us to smoke in the house or car or even buying them it would’ probably would’ve encouraged us to find other ways to handle our anxiety.

My mom isn't necessarily enabling me as much as she's worried that this trauma trigger is going to be more than I can handle and she's concerned with facing both quitting smoking and facing this is going to be too much for me physically and mentally. I'm just not sure.

I believe You. Many times I was trying to quit the smoking but many times I lost the battle.
But one time I felt the strength in my decision to win and now it is slowly 3 years what I do not smoking...Maybe good timing :) I am very happy and proud of me.

Excuse my english