We Quit Cigarettes

[RoosterML]

Wow

Yeah @Kiki is speeeeecial……… NOT!!

 

[thecatumbrella]

Just popping in to say I'm proud of anyone trying to kick an addiction. It's hard. I've had many, many, many Day 1's. Logic brain vs monkey brain isn't always a fair fight.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I didn't start out, at age 13, smoking two packs a day. So I knew I couldn't quit cold turkey. Some can, and I envy them. I was successful cutting down. I also used the patch to help, for a bit, and that gave me the confidence to keep on cutting down. But what really made me successful was the power of prayer. I knew I couldn't quit on my own. Just like any twelve-step program, I had to get help from that Higher Power, and He didn't let me down. This April 26 it will be 14 years since He gave me complete freedom from my addiction, and I've never experienced a craving since then.

 

[Chicken poppy]

I didn't start out, at age 13, smoking two packs a day. So I knew I couldn't quit cold turkey. Some can, and I envy them. I was successful cutting down. I also used the patch to help, for a bit, and that gave me the confidence to keep on cutting down. But what really made me successful was the power of prayer. I knew I couldn't quit on my own. Just like any twelve-step program, I had to get help from that Higher Power, and He didn't let me down. This April 26 it will be 14 years since He gave me complete freedom from my addiction, and I've never experienced a craving since then.

God is wonderful.

 

[casportpony]

I didn't start out, at age 13, smoking two packs a day. So I knew I couldn't quit cold turkey. Some can, and I envy them. I was successful cutting down. I also used the patch to help, for a bit, and that gave me the confidence to keep on cutting down. But what really made me successful was the power of prayer. I knew I couldn't quit on my own. Just like any twelve-step program, I had to get help from that Higher Power, and He didn't let me down. This April 26 it will be 14 years since He gave me complete freedom from my addiction, and I've never experienced a craving since then.

Congrats! Curiously, did you work the 12 steps on this addiction?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Congrats! Curiously, did you work the 12 steps on this addiction?

Not all of them. Pretty much just the first three. As my old friend Texas Red used to say, Ah cain't, He cain, and Ah reckon Ah'll let Him.

 

[Kiki]

You've made 4 years and a couple of days.

I totally missed my celebration date!?!?

WHAT THE!

 

[Lovely Lettie]

I totally missed my celebration date!?!?

WHAT THE!

Oh wow congratulations!!

 

[sourland]

I totally missed my celebration date!?!?

WHAT THE!

You did, but I didn't.

 

[Kiki]

You did, but I didn't.