How has Quit Support helped you quit smoking? - Quit Support
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I am quite certain I wouldn't have been able to do it without a support group like QS.
It has kept me on the straight and narrow. I used to read the posts if I felt like a cigarette. It is now 2 years and My husband passed away in June which made me want to smoke but I managed to change my mind. It doesn't matter how long you have stopped when you are low they try to trick you! The support keeps me going and couldn't have done it without this group.
This support for me has been invaluable, it kept me going, I didn't feel alone and knew I was with people who understood what I was going through and vice-versa.
All I can say Corrina is Ditto! 
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Hello jillygirl, I have found the support and kind words of the administrators to be extremely comforting particularly during the first couple of months. Also sharing with fellow quitters is very positive. I thank you all .happybear
Hi jillygirl, I'm sure I couldn't have done this quitting without the support of the admins and reading all the brave, successful quitters in this forum. I can relate to those that are or have been struggling in this new adjustment in our lives.
Hi Jillygirl I smoked for a few months while I lived in stockport & Oldham in the late 90s & early noughties but self stopped because in both cases I was getting Life Insurance & you have to declare you have been smoking .Obviously I also stopped for health reasons & because I didnt want it to become a habit .. I did well to do it off my own bat
The biggest thing is the support. I dont feel alone in this. Shirl
Knowing that there's always someone to lean on.I might have managed to quit alone but I certainly wouldn't have managed to stay quit without this support group.
Sounds awful, but what really helped me were the posts from people who relapsed. It so did not make them feel better, and I would ask myself if I would just disappear from the site or if I would hold my hands up, in that situation. Also the justifications sounded less convincing at 2nd hand. Everyone has bad days. I don’t mean that in a nasty way.
I know what you mean MM., and no you dont sound nasty. You take care. XXX
I believe when you belong to a group of people that are in the same situation you have a common ground for discussion. However I also feel you begin to feel you are accounted for in your actions. That helped me..I didn't want to say I had to start over. It keeps me in the mindset of being a non-smoker.
If it weren’t for this group I wouldn’t have known the real timeline for withdrawal symptoms or how many uncommon or common but unknown symptoms withdrawal could bring. When I was convinced I was losing my mind and emotionally falling apart, reading the comments and posts of others who had also dealt with the same thing gave me hope that if I just kept going that I would get better. Slowly but surely I have significantly gotten better and still continue to. Posting and messaging others I had found that had posted similar struggles when I felt I might crack and receiving so much support also kept me going. I can’t tell you how many posts and comments I have read, screen shot so I could save, and read again. On my worst days I would just read these to convince myself it would in fact get better and it was in fact happening to others around the same timeframe. As a nurse, I was shocked that I had been so mislead and so naive about nicotine withdrawal (I thought I’d be perfectly fine in 3 days and totally over smoking in 2-4 weeks... HA!) I have recommended this forum to so many people. I can never thank you all enough. I wish you all nothing but happiness and health. Xx.
Great reply Amanda, I hope its ok but I would love to save it as a success story for the future members. Let me know if you dis agree.
Take care. XXXX
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