Repost: A Rant! I like this one. Quitting is doable. We all walk our...

You are currently viewing the NOPE365 forum as a guest, meaning you will not be able to do anything other than read through the main feed and will only see posts that the owner has allowed for public consumption (~30% of all posts). If you want to see everything NOPE365 has to offer then please register for a new account, it's totally free and allows you to experience all of NOPE365!You are currently viewing the NOPE365 forum as a guest, meaning you will not be able to do anything other than read through the main feed and will only see posts that the owner has allowed for public consumption (~30% of all posts). If you want to see everything NOPE365 has to offer then please register for a new account, it's totally free and allows you to experience all of NOPE365!

Alberta Quits

4105

This group is for quitters from Alberta both new and migrating from Alberta Quits allowing us to...

Join Group

4105

Repost:  A Rant!

I like this one.
Quitting is doable.  We all walk our own path but what works is when we connect our paths up to the Freedom Road!
You can do it!
KTQ
Cara
D6623

********************************************************************************************************

Forum: QuitStop
Subject: First Post in a long time
From: ryan1313
Date: 2013-12-31 09:30:43 
Message:
 I remember trying to Quit on New Year's many years ago.  It lasted 9 months before I convinced myself that the things going on around me left me no choice but to go back to smoking.

I quit that time cold turkey.  And I mean cold turkey; no medication, and no support.

Fast forward to a year later. I had begun dating a girl (now my wife) that didn't smoke, and I was hiding the fact that I did from her.  That got old really quick, so I decided to give quitting another try.  But before I did, I did some research and found quitnet, and I can honestly say, this was what I needed to quit smoking.  A community of people that are going through this with me, as well as ones that have already been through it and could offer hope that I could actually keep the quit this time.  Prior to this, I had always given myself "an out" to the quit.  I never told myself I was quitting forever, I was just quitting.  But this time was different.  After reading post after post, I told myself,  this was going to be THE quit.

I can still remember the anxiety in that first week, the demon inside of me BEGGING for a cigarette and trying to get my mind into rationalizing lighting one up.  I remember the desperation when thinking how long a forever quit really is.  I just kept hearing Squints from "The Sandlot" saying "FOR-EV-ER, FOR-EV-ER"...

But in those times, I would log in to quitnet and immerse myself into the forums, and eventually, my confidence would build up and become stronger than the demon and there was hope again that I would keep this quit.  When cravings would come months and even a year later, I could come back to this community.  Just because I am craving after a year didn't mean I had to give up the quit.  Here was someone else going through the same thing as me that I could lean on and we were going to power through it together.

I am proud to say that was over 6 years ago.  I now have a wife and 2 kids that will have a dad in their lives that doesn't smell like smoke, and who will be around longer having quit smoking.

So for everyone starting their quit tomorrow, YOU CAN DO IT.  And you can stay quit.  Whenever you feel weak or hopeless, just log in and the community will help you through it.  And if you are doing great in your quit, come back here and post about it so others can find comfort and strength in your words. This is one area as a community member that I could have done better at.  When my quit was going good, I rarely logged in, and I apologize for that.

Anyways, enough of my rant, I hope everyone has a very Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing some stats grow in 2014!

Ryan
d2286

Repost: A Rant!

I like this one.
Quitting is doable. We all walk our own path but what works is when we connect our paths up to the Freedom Road!
You can do it!
KTQ
Cara
D6623

********************************************************************************************************

Forum: QuitStop
Subject: First Post in a long time
From: ryan1313
Date: 2013-12-31 09:30:43
Message:
I remember trying to Quit on New Year's many years ago. It lasted 9 months before I convinced myself that the things... Show more