What happened that helped you quit?
I smoked for 43 years
I quit a lot of times, one time for 8 months
I have not smoked since 10-17-2005
I wanted to quit for years and then in October 2005 I got sick with lung congestion and flu. I started getting better in November then had a relapse of the same sickness in December. I finally got well in late January. That gave me a great start and I have not smoked since.
Another factor was that I was so disappointed that I had failed to stop smoking so many times and that gave me motivation to try and make it last. I also did what some people call harm reduction. I had been cutting down for years and was down to 3-5 cigs a day when I got sick.
I rarely get tempted to smoke and when I do it is a very weak temptation and it is easy to refuse. I have almost no desire to smoke again. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest desire, I am a 1.
What happened that helped you to quit?
I smoked for 43 years
I quit a lot of times, one time for 8 months
I have not smoked since 10-17-2005
I wanted to quit for years and then in October 2005 I got sick with lung congestion and flu. I started getting better in November then had a relapse of the same sickness in December. I finally got well in late January. That gave me a great start and I have not smoked since.
Another factor was that I was so disappointed that I had failed to stop smoking so many times and that gave me motivation to try and make it last. I also did what some people call harm reduction. I had been cutting down for years and was down to 3-5 cigs a day when I got sick.
I rarely get tempted to smoke and when I do it is a very weak temptation and it is easy to refuse. I have almost no desire to smoke again. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the highest desire, I am a 1.
What happened that helped you to quit?