25days and No date.

Hey friends,

I had quit on 31st May and its 24th June 25 days completed and fag didn’t get a date... it is saying I hate you and my heart saying I love you.

Marvin

Update....247 days....

quite smoking?

9 months completed Saskia.......Yeah no cigarette till date.....

Marvin.

Very good Marvin, way to go {Feel-good-000200BB}

Do you still feel the urge for a cigarette or has that disappeared as well?

Hi Saskia,

Thank you.....I don't feel any urge for cigarette...

Marvin.

Good {Feel-good-000200BB}

So, is it safe to say that after this period of time the addiction has no grip on someone anymore?

Hi Saskia,

Well if you give addiction a single chance to re enter into your life.....then it will definitely takes the advantage of it.... Like want to try it once at parties..... Staying away from the smokers is going to help everyone a lot....

Marvin.

Addiction's for ever lurking over one's shoulder then

However, great you took that decision and stuck with it, Marvin. Kudo's

Hey Saskia,

Thank you....Well I am a member on this forum since a year...but I recently saw you here on the forum...so are you new appointed as Administrator? or you just used to read them and not participate in discussions?

Marvin.

Sort of both, Marvin

Did you find your physical condition to be better since you've stopped smoking? And, if so, when is the first time you notice it? Like: after a week of not smoking you found you condition (walking up the stairs, running or something like that) - improved? Or did it take longer?

Hello Saskia,

Sorry for the late reply, got an accident and have a broken shoulder, I am ok now.

Well my health is pretty good because of quit smoking, there was some problems in initial stage but right after 15 to 20 days I was normal. I do exercise regularly to keep my body under my control.

Oh yeah very good points, it's completely different when I use stairs and run. no heavy breathing and I don't stop to get my breath when I use stairs.

Marvin.
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Great to hear stop smoking has done you good, Marvin. Also, sorry about your accident. Hopefully everything is OK now?

Let me speak my mind as honest as I can be:

I have several friends who quit smoking after years and years and years of doing so.

in ALL of them some disease has developed after they quit. Most of them having heart diseases right now, and two even got a heart attack....

this is AFTER they quit smoking.

That's why, for me, to stop indicates more over getting prone to all kind of diseases. I wonder why there aren't any statistics about this phenomenon. I wonder because this happened to ALL of the people I know that stopped smoking.

This is just a lurch tho - because of my direct environment and not having any general data. . .

Hello Saskia,

Well thank you...I am ok now.

Well you are not wrong about getting diseases or problems after quit smoking, actually I didn't want to keep counting on how many months I have been quitting..but its almost 14 months... Well I got little extra weight but working on that and if I wont work on this extra fat then other health problems will gonna show up. Am I wrong?

Marvin.
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I'm happy you're feeling good, Marvin.

Yes, weight problems seem to lead to all kinds of other problems. That's why it's good to stay active. However, don't overdo and get your condition up gradually. That's the most secure and safe way to getting rid of extra kilos.

Hey thank you Saskia,

Well I did and doing with the help,support from family and friends.

Marvin.
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Great Marvin, it's good to have a supporting group behind you (with you )

Oh yeah when one gets support then it makes easier for the person to deal with situation...

Marvin.

Adding some info on smoking and depression..

Medical literature strongly suggests that there is an association between cigarette smoking and both alcoholism and major depression. But, although smokers regularly report that nicotine diminishes anxiety, it has been difficult to prove this anti-anxiety effect of nicotine experimentally.

Studies using laboratory animals fail to show a strong anti-anxiety effect for nicotine. However, nicotine dependence in these animals increases when they are under stress.

Marvin.

Stop Smoking Tips

Maybe it's only the habitual movements that are connected with smoking.

May be

Well you should know, since you stopped smoking

Well yeah ... not I am not a drunker...

drunker?

Oh well I drink socially...

but,what does it have to do with smoking?

do you mean to say it is more difficult to stop smoking when you are used to having a drink from time to time?

Yes exactly... staying away from drinking is going to be a good thing, if you want to quit smoking...

Ayayayay.... you caught two flies in one go

hahaha... you got it girl...