BiggerPockets

Congratulations! Every morning you wake up smoke free; give yourself a pat on the back. It definitely gets easier. There will be times it can be trying, and try to anticipate those situations before they happen. Limit your time around smokers and if you drink--be careful. You will really want one then.

Quitting smoking will most likely be the number one thing you do to improve your overall health. I smoked for about 5 years, and I thank God I quit. That was about 20 years ago.

The first days are the hardest . There will come a day when you won't even think, " I didn't smoke today" .

Way to go! :clap:

Dwayne

When I divorced my ex wife I went through a similar experience. I got on a health kick for a while. It's a good thing. I was topping out at 315 lbs. at the height of the " pain" . I got down to 260 (healthy for me - I'm a very big guy) then regulated at about 250-260.

For me it was all a mental thing. I looked at myself in the mirror and determined I was no longer a 300+ lb. person. One thing that was a huge help was I took post it notes and wrote down my daily progress and stuck it to the mirror. In my case I wrote down my daily weight and saw it as it dropped. My suggestion would be to write down " 7 days smoke free" , " 8 days smoke free" , etc.... and see the visual evidence of your progress every day when you look in the mirror. It helps a lot.

Good for you. I work out vigorously after every break-up. It got to the point that it became a habit. Now I do resistance training 4-5 days a week and either power walk or run 4 days a week. It helps me relieve the stress of the day.

yes it is a good idea,making some changes for good is a good thing to do atleast you make yourself busy in order not to remember your past...

well I would like to congratulate all of you who did a great job!you made a right decision guys!

CONGRATULATIONS!

You turned something painful (the break-up) into something very good...a determination to quit smoking! Quitting smoking is like losing weight, it is easy to talk about, but not so easy to do and requires a lot of will and determination.

In fact, quitting smoking may be more difficult in many ways since its is not only a HABIT but also an addiction. Your health will improve significantly, and so will your outlook on life despite the hurt in the past!

Being GOOD to yourself is the best thing you can do when life throws you a curve ball... and that is just what you have done. Good for you!! Bravo!

Merriadoc, I don't hate smokers. Heck, for all I care, you are welcome to smoke faster and die sooner. It's your lungs and your life.

However, I don't allow smokers in my rentals because they damage my buildings, stink everything up, and leave the walls filthy with nicotine and burns in the carpets. But you are certainly very welcome to smoke in your own house.

I don't want smoke in my own lungs. So as long as you can keep your smoke in your own body and not fill the air up with it, so I have to smoke it whether I want it or not, smoke away. I've got a right to fly on an airplane or eat in a restaurant without taking in your tobacco smoke.

I hate seeing all the filthy cigarette butts all over the ground. If you will keep your butts picked up and don't litter, I could care less if you smoke.

Every year, we get multiple fires started by smokers tossing lit cigarettes out of their car window. I'd love to see DNA done on the butts and the smiker responsible billed for the entire cost-- which sometimes runs into multi-million dollars. But as long as you don't toss your butts out in public and are willing to pay for any damage you do, I don't have any problem with your smokiing.

In fact, it's very nice of smokers to pay millions of dollars in cigarette taxes. That's money to run the government that doesn't come out of my pocket. Thank you.

With apologies, though. I don't want to sit next to you on the bus, because, quite honestly, you stink, your clothes stink, and your breath stinks.

Has anyone noticed that this post has been going on for about a month and a half, and the inital poster, Silveraden, never posted again?

Hope he is still hanging in there! :boogie:

Dwayne

congrats... stay with it

Good luck with the stopping smoking.