I've been smoke free for a year and a half now, and I can only give all the praise and glory to God...if it hadn't been for Him, I'd still be puffing away!
I started smoking when I was 11 years old, almost 12. I only quit when I was pregnant with both children and once in high school for about 10 months, other then that I smoked on a consistent basis.
I hated the way I felt, the way I smelled, the money I spent, the way it controlled my life...that fact that my children watched me do this nasty habit. I didn't want them to think it was OK to smoke, and so I really wanted to quit. I was always afraid to go on the patch, I don't know why and so for me it wasn't even an option. The medications they give out to help aide in quitting smoking, I couldn't take because of my eating disorder and the higher seizure risk that involved. So my only option seemed that I just had to quit. Well I tried that, and for a whole week I quit...by the end of the week I was so nasty I couldn't stand to even be around myself. So, I picked up again. Then I prayed to God and told Him that I just didn't know how I was going to do this...that I needed help. I told Him that I didn't feel I had any other options because I just couldn't get myself to put that patch on my body. And Please, Please help me quit. Well, about a month later...on Christmas eve, I ended up getting sick. Well, not exactly sick...the only symptom I had was that my chest hurt extremely, only when I smoked or when I was around smoke. I didn't cough, I didn't have a runny nose or anything like that...It just hurt really bad to smoke. So I tried my last cigarette in the middle of the night on Christmas eve/Christmas day...and I thought, hmmm...maybe this is God's way of answering my prayer...right now, I can't smoke...it hurts too bad. So I decided that I would try to quit, and gave the praise to God right away. Somebody told me about how eating Twizzlers helped them, because of the hand to mouth motion. So I went out and bought a bag of Twizzlers...everyday for the next 3 weeks, I went and bought a huge bag of Twizzlers and every time I wanted a cigarette, I ate one of those instead. I haven't had a Cigarette since Christmas 2003, and haven't had a Twizzler since January 2004, lol...
I hope that anyone seeking to quit smoking remembers that prayer is powerful, ask for His help and he will be faithful. Also, it helps to replace the old habit with something new...like for me it was twizzlers, maybe for you it will be gum, or jolly ranchers, or praying scripture or reading or going for a walk...it is much harder to quit a habit if you don't fill in that hole with something to help you through...
I started smoking when I was 11 years old, almost 12. I only quit when I was pregnant with both children and once in high school for about 10 months, other then that I smoked on a consistent basis.
I hated the way I felt, the way I smelled, the money I spent, the way it controlled my life...that fact that my children watched me do this nasty habit. I didn't want them to think it was OK to smoke, and so I really wanted to quit. I was always afraid to go on the patch, I don't know why and so for me it wasn't even an option. The medications they give out to help aide in quitting smoking, I couldn't take because of my eating disorder and the higher seizure risk that involved. So my only option seemed that I just had to quit. Well I tried that, and for a whole week I quit...by the end of the week I was so nasty I couldn't stand to even be around myself. So, I picked up again. Then I prayed to God and told Him that I just didn't know how I was going to do this...that I needed help. I told Him that I didn't feel I had any other options because I just couldn't get myself to put that patch on my body. And Please, Please help me quit. Well, about a month later...on Christmas eve, I ended up getting sick. Well, not exactly sick...the only symptom I had was that my chest hurt extremely, only when I smoked or when I was around smoke. I didn't cough, I didn't have a runny nose or anything like that...It just hurt really bad to smoke. So I tried my last cigarette in the middle of the night on Christmas eve/Christmas day...and I thought, hmmm...maybe this is God's way of answering my prayer...right now, I can't smoke...it hurts too bad. So I decided that I would try to quit, and gave the praise to God right away. Somebody told me about how eating Twizzlers helped them, because of the hand to mouth motion. So I went out and bought a bag of Twizzlers...everyday for the next 3 weeks, I went and bought a huge bag of Twizzlers and every time I wanted a cigarette, I ate one of those instead. I haven't had a Cigarette since Christmas 2003, and haven't had a Twizzler since January 2004, lol...
I hope that anyone seeking to quit smoking remembers that prayer is powerful, ask for His help and he will be faithful. Also, it helps to replace the old habit with something new...like for me it was twizzlers, maybe for you it will be gum, or jolly ranchers, or praying scripture or reading or going for a walk...it is much harder to quit a habit if you don't fill in that hole with something to help you through...
