Any one quit smoking successfully?...help!

hi! im 21 and i started smoking when i was 14. I smoked for 7 years, and abou the last 4 years it was at least a pack a day, sometimes 2. I didnt want to quit i was fine, it stopped me from eating more.... then a family friend went into the hospital for a stroke. i went to visit one day and asked the doctor what was being pumped out of her (it was thick and a dark brown color).. the doctor told me it was being pumped from her lungs and it was caused from smoking. i threw out my cigarettes as soon as i got outside the hospital and i havent thought twice about it. its actually 8 weeks today and i havent had one craving... before that i tried over and over and i would last a few weeks and then start back up. but i was so scared seing the effects up close and personal.
i feel so much better since quitting, breathing is easier. and i didnt gain weight, i lost it. instead of running out of breath when exersising i could go longer.

GOOD LUCK!

On Aug 31 this year it will be 8 years since I quit! I did not use patches ( they made me nauseous) or nicotine gum or medication . I did use a website very similar to MFP called quitnet.com . It was VERY helpful! I did set an actual quit date and spent 2 or 3 weeks before my quit date (sept 1) . During those weeks I still smoked but I logged in daily and talked to others and browsed the forums . I started to desire quitting so much that I found my self smoking less and less everyday I went from about 30 cig a day to 3 before It was even my quit date . I quit one day early because my twin nephews were born that day and it would always be easy for me to remember my day ! I used additional stategies message me it you want to know more!

I quit trying to quit, I just significantly cut back

I quit 11 years ago and never looked back. It's a lot like changing your eating habits! Here's what I wrote about it: http://alicesadventuresaboveground.com/2012/07/22/habits-are-good/

Good luck!!!

I smoked from 1984-1998. I walked out of work one Monday night and lit the last cig in my pack. I either had to get off the bus in a snow storm to buy more or quit. So I quit. It was the only time I ever tried to quit.

I did get off the bus to buy Nicoderm patches. I bought one box (a two week supply) and used them full strength for a week. After that, I cut them in half for two week. And I was done.

I chewed a lot of gum while I was quitting. I also quit on 12/28/98. Three days later I was able to say, "I quit smoking last year." It was a mental trick but it really helped. I also told everybody I knew that I was quitting. I had to quit to save face.

Now I just need to lose the 50 lbs I gained after I quit....

I was a smoker for 10 years (age 16-26), I quit in March of 2010 using Wellbutrin. It was a very slow process, but one day I just didn't want to smoke anymore! I started by not smoking inside my apartment anymore, then I stopped taking smoke breaks at work because it was too cold out, then I moved to an apartment only 5 blocks from work so I didn't smoke on my way home. Finally, I realized I was only smoking 2-3 cigarettes a day! The hardest one to give up has been smoking while drinking... But that's not very often. Do I slip up every now and then? Yes. But it's better than smoking a pack and a half on a Saturday night like I used to!!

I quit smoking in 1997. I had been smoking since I was a very young kid, too...and let's just say that was a very long time. My father's diagnosis of tongue cancer helped to sway me in that I really needed to quit. With a friend, we started using the patch. She smoked more than I did so we got a strong patch. It was too strong for me because it would make my arm hurt where it had been placed. I decided, after a week, to forgo the patch and just go cold turkey. Haven't smoked another cigarette since. There are rare times (usually after a REALLY good meal) where I reach for a cigarette in my purse. So it never seems to really leave the body. Strange.

I quit smoking and drinking at the same time (Jan 2011) and dropped 55lbs in 6 months. (not just from that, eating at a calorie deficit and exercising etc too)

If you want to stop you can, doesn't matter who you know that smokes or where you go. Simply tell yourself you no longer smoke and say it every time you want one. After a week or so it's just the habits that will cause you to want to smoke. Don't make excuses or think you can't do it because you can. It's fairly easy ONCE your mind is right.

Don't get patches or gum or eCigs or tablets or any crap designed to help you stop, just quit, cut all ties to smoking and don't look back.

Good luck with it,

Ben.

I was a heavy smoker for 10+ years. HAPPILY quit cold turkey after reading Alan Carr's EasyWay to Stop Smoking. Read it. I am the happiest ex-smoker you will ever meet!!!! I LOVE being a non-smoker!!!! I feel so much better about myself and know that I will never smoke again. Best $8 I ever spent.

Ive been smoking since I was 15, I'm almost 33. I gave up trying to quit along time ago until recently Ive been having the urge to do it again more often, maybe its my age, maybe its the fact Ive read alot of places that after people quit smoking the belly fat seems to come off easier, or maybe its my non smoker boyfriend who just moved in hates the smell, which means I feel like im constantly trying to get the stink off it, maybe its how proud my 7yr old newphew was when i told him I quit. I quit 3 days ago of all places at a bar drinking. Came home put on a patch and I am now a non smoker and don't plan on ever going back.

It hasn't been very long but I feel really confident and its super easy today. First day back to work since quit went through the day easy. It was actually empowering having coworkers come ask me to go out on break and say no, I dont smoke anymore.

I was a pack a day person, and on weekends, 1+ pack.

I am using the patch right now and plan on using it to curb any cravings I get, I'll leave it off for a bit until I get the urge. I also ordered a starter kit of the the vapor cigarettes. My friend swears by them but I am still suspicious I got these so when Im ready to go out to the bar or social gatherings again, I wont be temepted to smoke a real one, I'll have this on hand instead. Im not sure I'll need it after today though guess it all comes down to making your mind up!