mylife: I also am quiting again[u][/u],except this time it's gonna stick. My husband doesn't smoke and never has. He tries to be supportive. Right now he is putting the kids to bed (reading,etc) so that I can post on this site.
I'm in the middle of an active quit. I have a history of an 11 year quit and have been smoking for the past 3 years. Last time it took me 5 years to quit [play around].
I considered Friday my last day[u][/u]of smoking. I took extra time from work to go out and have smoke breaks (in addition to having to take off a chunk of the day do a reptile presentation at my child's school -yes, it was cool). I told the guy who runs and/or owns the cafeteria to call the police if I attempted to purchase any more cigarettes from him because I was quitt'n. He told me he wanted to quit- said he was gonna quit at the birth of his son and again at the birth of his daughter, but liked to smoke in the car. I referred him to this site.
I tell you this last paragraph because
1) my plate is full, I am borrowing time to smoke
and
2) recognizing the need to quit smoking it universal.
Lastly, the real reason I'm responding to your post: I'm quitting this weekend. I have one more cigarette in my posession (you will learn that I can't spell worth a lick and I can't find spell check)
My plan is to have one more tomorrow before my patch,but what I want to tell you is this:
Friday
I considered my last day of regular spoking before taking two cigarettes home, anticipating quiting by Sunday, No. 19.
Anyway, here's the point (after I don't know how many lines later) I left work late, smoked what I considered my list cigarette of any work day. As I did so at 5:30 at night on a Friday, the few cars remaining in the garage at that time were speeding, one by one, toward the exit. As I smoked my last cig. I imagined that they were quitters of this site. I wanted to join them. As I put my cigarette out and drove out of the garage, I imaged that I was joining the future non-smokers and would soon be free.
There is no easy quit, just know that we are there with you. Best of luck and check in often.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 11/19/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0
[B]Amount Saved:[/B]