I’m an ex-smoker, started smoking in 1971 at the age of 23 and since then I used to smoke 5 packs of cigarettes a day for the next 24 years. After 24 years of smoking and over one night I quit smoking for good. That was in the year 1995, while I was 47 years old, and since then, I did not smoke one cigarette, not even a puff.
My experience in quitting smoking: The total number of smoked cigarettes during that period was 876 000 cigarettes (eight hundred seventy-six thousand) with a value equal to 109500 pounds I smoked all kinds of cigarettes, I used to wake up in the middle of the night to lit a cigarette, I used to have colds and allergic rhinitis 365 days a year.
My experience in quitting smoking : In the early nineties of the last century, and after more than 20 years of smoking cigarettes I had a strong will to quit smoking, and that was for many reasons, first of all I became in the fifth decade of my life, beginning to lose my physical fitness, and what I could afford to do in my twenties or thirties is no longer possible then, besides, many of my fellow smokers stopped smoking completely, so why not be like them, and then came on the top of all these reasons having my lovely child and it was no longer possible to keep on smoking.
My experience in quitting smoking
My experience in quitting smoking: With simple calculations I found out that I had smoked - in the past twenty-four years - more than 730 000 cigarettes (yes, seven hundred and thirty thousand cigarettes), equivalent to 36 500 packs (yes, thirty-six thousand five hundred pack of cigarettes)!! I believe that was enough!! And I had to get rid of this bad habit !!!.
I began several trials as an attempt to get rid of this terrible situation, I tried to cut the number of daily smoked cigarettes, I began to buy low nicotine and tar cigarettes, I also worked hard to replace smoking cigarettes with sugar-free chewing gum, I switched to different brands of cigarettes, in addition, I was convinced that keeping smoking is considered a committing suicide.
How I Quit Smoking: I went through many quitting trial, and they all failed until I became very well acknowledged with most of withdrawal symptoms and how to deal with each of them, and was ready to face all challenges that I may face in the quitting smoking process, and I became fully aware of the terrible conflict between psychological mind, and addiction.
Thanks God, I had successfully quit smoking for good and that was in 1995 and since then I did not smoke a single cigarette, not even a puff.
My experience in quitting smoking I can summarize the key factors in this successful experience as follows: First of all you should have a strong belief that harm caused by smoking is definitely going to happen, sooner or later, to both the smoker himself and to all those around him, You should know that there are tens of millions of ex-smokers who successfully quitted smoking for good and now you have the same chance to become an ex-smoker yourself.
My experience in quitting smoking
Finally, always remember that smoking is fatal since it destroys your life and the lives of those around you, so it worth to spare no effort to try to overcome all these difficulties. You should always be aware that all withdrawal symptoms, mostly arise during the first week of quitting, while your body is still dependent on nicotine, beware, don't surrender or submit, and seek by all available means, the power of determination, and support from parents and friends, beside all the instructions on this site.
My experience in quitting smoking: With simple calculations I found out that I had smoked - in the past twenty-four years - more than 730 000 cigarettes (yes, seven hundred and thirty thousand cigarettes), equivalent to 36 500 packs (yes, thirty-six thousand five hundred pack of cigarettes)!! I believe that was enough!! And I had to get rid of this bad habit !!!. 