never smoke again

This is my third time quitting, and I think I have a good excuse to quit for good this time. This time I want to quit for myself, and not others. What I have really decided is that smoking was distorting my own image of myself as well as for others. It was also harming my body and my brain.

The brain is the big thing for me. I think there was a certain point when I just realized that every time I lit up a cigarette it was to escape something, and that perhaps escaping all the time isn’t a good idea. Sometimes you really just have to face things.

Quitting smoking makes me feel like an addict, which I guess I am. Sometimes I just want one, just to go through the motions. There’s a clarity of mind during those first few puffs you need, and then it just fades away from you at the end, like some other person’s thoughts. It’s the most neglected effect of all, and you might not even notice it at first, until one day you realize something is missing.

Anyway, I think as I get healthier, and life improves, it’ll be easier. It’s been about a month or two since I’ve quit. I still want to really often when work gets stressful or after I’ve had a drink, but I don’t indulge it. They’ve also made it illegal in the bars here and that is a GOOD idea.

For those of you who think there’s something romantic about smoking, or perhaps something magical, yes perhaps there is. But as soon as it leaves, you’ll just be left with the same void that I had and a harmed body.

Haven´t smoked in±
Five years, two months, one week, five days, 20 hours, 40 minutes and 7 seconds.
That´s 47521 cigarettes not smoked, saving € 11.880,38.
Life saved: 23 weeks, 4 days, 5 minutes.

Still happy :)

It went from everyday when i was 13 to just on the weekends to just when im drunk and now at 17 its once every few months. Its only a few tokes but i want to stop all together. From now on i make a vow to never smoke again.

If you smoke now, you are only hurting your body for the future….....You will hurt the people you love if you die of cancer.

I haven’t smoked cigarettes for awhile now, and some of my friends still do. I never want to smoke again. I have made a promise to myself.

and thats a promise. I only smoked for about 6 months and quit about 5 years ago. I never have an urge since then and no way would I ever go back. Waste of money and why make your health worse. It’s definitely not worth smoking. Theres nothing positive about it.

I still haven’t smoked since December 1 of last year…it’s only been a few months but it feels like FOREVER ago. I still get tempted every once in awhile but I haven’t given in. I’m going to check this off for now.

simply because I know that I can do this one without any issues for the rest of my life. I have only smoked a couple of times-not by peer pressure but alone when I was depressed-although I’ve been offered cigarettes and have been in the situation to smoke many, many times.

If I’m going to do self-harm (heavy drinking, smoking, etc) I’m not going to do it in a setting where there are other people around because I don’t approve of such things and do not encourage them, and the only reason I would do them is because I’m severely depressed and out of my mind. =]

I’ve only smoked four times in my life, but I never want to again.
Ever.

i have still been smoke-free since dec 1 of last year although i still think about it when i get extremely stressed. it feels like it has been FOREVER but it hasn’t even been 2 months yet! i just look forward to the day that it doesnt even enter my mind whenever i get stressed.