Welcome to all of you that hope too quite smoking 2011. All i can say is what i do is come on here and read and read ,and thankyou for those that post how they are feeling it does so get me through .Good luck and the advise i can give which helps me is i take one day at a time .
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL XX
Hiya all new year quitters
Would like to agree that this place is the best for support when you are starting or wavering in your quit. There are people here who have been quit for years, months and days. They can all help you in your quest to become smoke free. It's not easy, but it is do-able.
Good luck with your journey and welcome to the forum x
Hey there,
I am intending to quit on 1st of Jan.... am cutting down and am on the silkcut silvers ( very unsatifying cigarettes, yuck!). this isn't my first quit... have done it few times, lasting as long as 8 years on one occasion... the last one was the hardest I managed a year that time, so am preparing myself for it being the same this time.
I have bought HEALTHY snacks to munch on when I am craving so I don't pile on the pounds... and have a inhalator on stand by for the first few days. can't wait to get started, would do it today, but have set the quit date and want to stick to it so there's no false starts...
good luck to everyone joining me on Jan 1st...
Vicki xxx
Good for you Vicki & welcome to the forum.
I will be joining you on the 1st if not before then.
Gaynor x
Best of everything (not luck, but support and creativity) to you Vicki. It seems a shame that you are so worried about this- you talk about 'managing' and 'lasting', but this is a lifechanging miracle, not a last man standing endurance test.
Please be positive- you have everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose. It is a wonderful world without the smoke screen.
I know this must all sound a bit yada yada yada- I stopped in November for the zillionth time and felt sick with fear that I was setting myself up to fail again, but I acted calm and positive to encourage a dear smoking friend- and it really has helped me.
You can do this- millions of people have. Not smoking is natural- smoking is actually an abomination- think of smoking beagles.
You have done this before and can call upon your knowledge of obstacles from those times to do it again
And if you try, but start again- dont worry about that either, I am sure that you are a wonderful person, and that you can succeed.
Do lots of reading and take some time to post your reasons for ending the madness. I hope to enjoy your journey with you.
I also have quit so many times .This quit is the longest iv been without a cig ,near 4 months .If i can do it so can anybody else .Must admit i have found it hard over the xmas period ,but i came on here and just read the posts . and im dreading tonight new years eve when i will be around a lot of smokers 
so i may not go out ??? i will see how i feel later on .
Well done Jan on your quit.
I am sure you will be fine if you go out, you know you no longer wish to be caught in the smoking trap so be confident in the strength you havae already shown.
Have a great evening & Happy New Year 
Gaynor x
Have faith in yourself. I didn't stop going out, just cut down a little on the drink. I am now back to full drinking mode but it took me a while I admit. Enjoy yourself, life is too short!
Not smoking can be something to embrace. A joy. A chink of light in a foggy life. Face those demons and each time you do you come back stronger.
Happy new year! x
Thanks Mod 4 7 Happy New Year to you as well
Happy new Year Everybody!!
Good luck vicki and gaynor on your new years quit:DThank you Mod 4... am just smoking to last ultra lows I have, its like smoking air... roll on midnight.
Happy 2011 . Thankyou for your advise .I did go out, and it was ok no big craves so im pleased with myself .
Good luck everyone come on here and have a rant when you feel like a cig .
