A milestone of sorts

[William33 110]

Good work Gary!

[Jasman0717 9]

This is a huge accomplishment, congratulations. Stand with your convictions to quit! There will be flare-ups along the way but if you can make it a week I think you can stay off the smokes. I quit 2 1/2 years ago after smoking for the better part of 40 years so understand the difficulties. I know you can do this, a week is a life time with the smoking habit! Good luck

[almaty 19]

good job brother gary... a day at a time..

[GaryC 7]

This is a huge accomplishment, congratulations. Stand with your convictions to quit! There will be flare-ups along the way but if you can make it a week I think you can stay off the smokes. I quit 2 1/2 years ago after smoking for the better part of 40 years so understand the difficulties. I know you can do this, a week is a life time with the smoking habit! Good luck

How do you feel now that you quit? Is your breathing and ability to exert yourself without wanting to pass-out come back? I would love to be able to do exersise again but after 5 minutes I feel like my chest will explode.

[payxibka 10,045]

This is a huge accomplishment, congratulations. Stand with your convictions to quit! There will be flare-ups along the way but if you can make it a week I think you can stay off the smokes. I quit 2 1/2 years ago after smoking for the better part of 40 years so understand the difficulties. I know you can do this, a week is a life time with the smoking habit! Good luck

I have heard that it takes about 40 days to reach some sort of pinnacle.....

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Hang in there, brother Gary.

Now, if you can only go a week without arguing politics...that will be great! hehehe...

[Ban Hammer 13,346]

Hang in there, brother Gary.

Now, if you can only go a week without arguing politics...that will be great! hehehe...

if there was a support group, you'd be in it

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Well done Gary.... I wish I could do what you have done.... I just get so far and the craving takes hold and before I know it I have a cigarette in my mouth.... its that first one in the morning that I find so hard to miss, and then well if I have had one why not just have another....

Good luck and best wishes for a smoke free future...

Kez

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Hang in there, brother Gary.

Now, if you can only go a week without arguing politics...that will be great! hehehe...

if there was a support group, you'd be in it

I've been cutting back to a pack a day...apparantly you haven't noticed.

[anya-D 8]

WOW!!! Congratulation!! now the hardest part is (almost) over.. I'm happy for you and Luz!!

[PlatyPius 5]

I know she hates my smoking but hasn't given any ultimatums. But when she says " I want to be with you for a long time" it really tells me what is important. I will keep plugging away at it.

Sounds like me and Sian. She says the same thing to me. I assume she's just a glutton for punishment. I work in a factory too. A factory that has been firing people like crazy lately. My attempts haven't been quite as successful yet. I managed to go 2 days a week or so ago, then they fired another 16 people. (They've fired over 300 in the past 2 months)

Still, I have to quit before Sian arrives, so I'm planning on a renewed attempt over the Thanksgiving holiday.

[broma25 2]

Great news Gary and good luck with staying quit.

My husband had to quit 5 months ago and had a major lung surgery due to smoking. He is still quit but does still say he wants a cigarette.

If he can do it so can you best of luck and good job for sticking at it!!

[MichelleandCraig 1]

great job, Gary!!! M.

[Jasman0717 9]

This is a huge accomplishment, congratulations. Stand with your convictions to quit! There will be flare-ups along the way but if you can make it a week I think you can stay off the smokes. I quit 2 1/2 years ago after smoking for the better part of 40 years so understand the difficulties. I know you can do this, a week is a life time with the smoking habit! Good luck

How do you feel now that you quit? Is your breathing and ability to exert yourself without wanting to pass-out come back? I would love to be able to do exersise again but after 5 minutes I feel like my chest will explode.

I am starting to notice a big difference with my breathing and don't hear the chains rattling when I take a breath. I have been going to the gym every week-day morning for an hour doing about 45 minutes of cardio exercise so am feeling much stronger too. I did gain a bunch of weight and am now dealing with the problem of getting it off. I cut back to about 1500 calories a day and am loosing but loosing very slowly. Maybe old fat men have very slow matabolism! A good machine is the stair climber, that about kills me. I have been taking the stairs here at work alot rather than riding the elevador.

Hang in there, getting past a week is very difficult and you should really take pride in that accomplishment. Since June 30th 2004 I have not even had a desire to try a cigarette and now the smell really is repulsive to me!

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Dude, Gary! What are you talking about " a milestone of sorts"?! The first week is known as HELL week. And you did it! You f'in did it! Seriously dude, so so proud of you and be proud of yourself.

I'm on day 15 now, but it seems like I quit ages ago. I'm so glad I did.

I signed up on Quitnet.com and have been using Chantix but probably won't continue with it. (Makes me feel like #######)

I really suggest checking out the website, you can opt in for a daily Quit tip! email and have so many resources to help you quit and stay away from those cigs. Enter your quit date on their gadget thingie and it'll keep track of how many days and hours you've quit, how much you're saving by not buying those packs anymore.

Make yourself a list with all the pros of quitting and keep it near you for whenever you have that craving for a cig. Don't let the cigarettes win!

Good luck to the both of us. WE can do it.