3 years free from nicotine today!!!! - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

SeekSobriety · 09-09-2011, 09:06 AM

Wow, I can hardly believe that today I stand before you with three years free from nicotine!!! It truly is a miracle.

How it was: I smoked for over 15 years and had enough. I knew I no longer wanted to be a social outcast, smell like a ash tray all while spending over 7 dollars a day!!! I had other ideas on what to do with the $200 dollars a monh i was spending on making me feel sick and smelly.

How I did it: I joined nicotine anonymous , went to meetings, found a temporary sponsor to begin working the 12 steps of recovery. Started excercising. Read literature from Joel Spitzer's whyquit.org.
Stayed away from old smoking hangouts initially.

How I feel today:
Happy to be celebrating 3 years without nicotine. Happy to say I no longer obsess over a desire to smoke or wonder how i could enjoy life without a smoke That desire went away early on thankfully.

To the new people or current smokers you can totally beat this addiction. No longer do we have to be slaves to the tobbacco companies, making them richer at the expense of our and our families health , our financial well being and our state of minds.

Together we can beat this!!
Thanks for letting me share!

-Norm

Kablume · 09-10-2011, 01:35 PM

Congrats on your 3 years smoke free! Fantastic!

LoftyIdeals · 09-12-2011, 09:19 AM

Congrats! If you had tobacco rated life insurance you should get re-rated and save even more money!

indakut · 09-13-2011, 09:40 AM

awesome!!!

neferkamichael · 09-25-2011, 08:25 PM

Congratulations SS,
If I even think about quitting cigs, I have to light up.

sugarbear1 · 10-04-2011, 08:04 PM

Congrats on 3 years!

I'm about an hour in...I 12 stepped it myself....

TTOSBT · 10-07-2011, 12:02 PM

Congrats!!!
I have quit July 25th after 25 years and feel great!!

09-09-2011, 09:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
SeekSobriety Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 428	3 years free from nicotine today!!!! Wow, I can hardly believe that today I stand before you with three years free from nicotine!!! It truly is a miracle. How it was: I smoked for over 15 years and had enough. I knew I no longer wanted to be a social outcast, smell like a ash tray all while spending over 7 dollars a day!!! I had other ideas on what to do with the $200 dollars a monh i was spending on making me feel sick and smelly. How I did it: I joined nicotine anonymous , went to meetings, found a temporary sponsor to begin working the 12 steps of recovery. Started excercising. Read literature from Joel Spitzer's whyquit.org. Stayed away from old smoking hangouts initially. How I feel today: Happy to be celebrating 3 years without nicotine. Happy to say I no longer obsess over a desire to smoke or wonder how i could enjoy life without a smoke That desire went away early on thankfully. To the new people or current smokers you can totally beat this addiction. No longer do we have to be slaves to the tobbacco companies, making them richer at the expense of our and our families health , our financial well being and our state of minds. Together we can beat this!! Thanks for letting me share! -Norm

09-10-2011, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kablume On a journey 09/06/2009 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 614	Congrats on your 3 years smoke free! Fantastic! __________________ Love must be learned, and learned again and again; there is no end to it. Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked. --Katherine Anne Porter

09-12-2011, 09:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
LoftyIdeals Jumping to Conclusions Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 2,583	Congrats! If you had tobacco rated life insurance you should get re-rated and save even more money! __________________ March Forth, Lofty Ideals ________________________________________ “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” - Bil Keane

09-13-2011, 09:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
indakut Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 359	awesome!!! __________________ April 1, 2011 WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today’s PEACE...

10-04-2011, 08:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
sugarbear1 ~sb Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: MD Posts: 9,763	Congrats on 3 years! I'm about an hour in...I 12 stepped it myself.... __________________ Someday everything will all make sense. For now, laugh at confusion, smile through tears, & remind yourself that everything happens for a reason. All Big Book quotes are from the first edition. Linked with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

09-25-2011, 08:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
neferkamichael Life Health Prosperity Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Louisana Posts: 2,076	Congratulations SS, If I even think about quitting cigs, I have to light up.

10-07-2011, 12:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
TTOSBT To Thine Own Self Be True Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,947	Congrats!!! I have quit July 25th after 25 years and feel great!! __________________ *Rarely have we seen a person fail who has THOROUGHLY followed our path...B.B. 1st edition*

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