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I experienced depression briefly many years ago (nine actually) when my father was in and out of consiousness in the hospital. His death was inevitable because he had been diagnosed with lung cancer a couple years earlier. Now, I'm feeling it again. ..this time because of the amount of weight I've put on since quitting smoking. When I awaken in the morning, I choose not to get up. I actually put off arising and I am aware as I'm delaying getting up that I am depressed. When I was a smoker, any… Continue

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to get together with the many wonderful friends we've all made on this site? One big non-smoking party?!? I don't know if this situation is normal with others or not but I have lost a friend due primarily to my quitting smoking. Yes, I've rationalized that she wasn't really much of a friend if a friendship was dependent upon our smoking together but still it bothers me. We got together the day before my quit because I knew that would be the last time I'd be… Continue

I can't believe it! I've made it two whole months! Actually, since I've been busy with the start of a new semester, I hadn't really been keeping track that closely and the 60 day mark just crept up on me! A friend told me not long ago that it takes 90 days to really rid oneself of any habit so I'm hoping that in another mo. I will be able to drink a cup of coffee without that familiar thought of a cigarette. I have a new addiction. Popsicles. I must eat a minimum of half a doz. a night.… Continue

I have always been nonconfrontational. I've allowed so many people to get away with murder just because I didn't like to stand up for myself. SO many people have taken advantage of me. My friends have gotten so upset with the way I've allowed family to walk all over me. Well, things have changed since I quit smoking! I won't take s__t from anybody anymore! Look out world! Dynamite comes in small packages and this package may be growing but it is also getting mightier!! Does this happen to every… Continue

I don't know how in the world I've managed to do it but, nonetheless, I have done it!!! Thirty days without a cigarette! Thirty days of resistance. Thirty days of strength I wasn't aware I possessed. Maybe it isn't strength but is stubbornness instead. Either way, I haven't smoked a cigarette in over thirty days. I'm not thinking of myself as an ex-smoker but as a recovering smoker. Just as an alcoholic is always an alcoholic even when sober, I'm afraid I will always be a smoker who has to regu… Continue