I have been somking for two years since i broke up with my ex. It was really depress me. Now i really wanna quit. But i am afraid of putting weight on.

Hi, Im 28 years old and yes, like all of you, I am an addict to nicotine. Ive been smoking since I was 22 late starter all because life through a lonely patch my way. I hated it in the beginning and I can still remember thinking to myself Dont worry, you will get use to the terrible taste and yes I did To a stage that I would suck down a whole packet in one day with the intension to give up, or I would try to smoke as much as I could and then throw the rest of the pack in the bin. But the very next day I would go and dig it out between all the rubbish and have my so needed smoke An addiction makes you do things you usually would not do or even consider Yes, I have tried to give up so many times, getting my partners hopes up only to disappoint him and myself every time I fail. Lets not kid ourselves IT IS VERY HARD, not only on the smoker but on their family and friends as well. But I have succeeded Ive been a nonsmoker but still and addict for 3 months and I think the most important thing Ive changed is that Ive learned to relax. To take each day as it comes and to stop being so hard on myself. I always try to remember that if I have a smoke now, I would be back to square one. So when a craving comes around, I stop, think about how it will effect my life and my dads old saying Just remember, you are a grown up, do what you like BUT do the right thing This always make me smile and I already know that my choice has been made, NOT to have that smoke and guess what..I am feeling good and in control.

i started smoking at 12 when i just started high school for something to do and by the age of 14 i was smoking a pack of 12mg 40's per day and every single one of my friends smoked and we all drank heavily. my parents hated it so i had to hide it. Now im 18 and im smoking a pack of 6mg 25's per day. i want to see my kids grow up and i don't want to be 50yrs old starpped to an oxygen tank, but in a way i enjoy smoking, i live with my partner and he is a heavy smoker aswell and if he won;t give up i don't think i'll be able to but im going to give it my best shot also im starting a new job this week so im aiming to quit within the next few months once the stress factor has settled in the mean time im going to cut down milligrams and quantity. fingers crossed!

i started smoking wen i was nine jst be4 u turned 10due to the stress of my auncle goin to court for child rape i started cause i made me comfortable around guys and it jst went on and on i never got help so i jst smoked more and more by the time i was 13 i was a chain smoker due to the neglect to care frm my mum now im 15 and my mum buys my smokes andi realy badly want to quit but everytime i try to sumthin worst happins in my life and i cant help but jst have nother smoke

I started smoking when I was 15. I smoked for 4 yrs then quit cold turkey as I was getting bronchitus all the time. I didn't smoke for 6yrs and was extremely healthy. I took it up again in 2004 when faced with an extremely stressful situation. I was hooked yet again. I tried to quit again when I met my partner in Nov 2004 as he hated smoking. I wasn't ready to quit so I was smoking behind his back. I managed to cut down to about 10 a day. Then in Dec 2005 my partner was killed at work. Once again stress affected my smoking habits. I was going through smokes like there was no tomorrow. In the first 5 days after his death I smokes nine packets of smokes. I felt really sick for days due to my excessive smoking. It's been five months now since his death and I am ready to quit smoking now.

I started dabbling with cigarettes when I was 15 - peer pressure got the better of me. Almost 15 years later I was still smoking, unfortunately my habit had become more than a dabble as time passed, I was up to smoking 30 a day. I had found myself almost chain smoking, or when I wasn't having a cigarette, all I could think about was when I would have my next. I decided it was time to take action and reclaim my life. I have a great career, a great life, and I had allowed this drug to control me for too long. I didn't want to be the last one in my group of friends still smoking, I wanted to be the first to stop. I have now been off the smokes for almost 7 weeks and I have never felt better. I do think my success this time around was due to not putting too much pressure on myself before I quit. I didn't think about it too much, I just decided when half way through a packet that when I finished that packet that would be it. And that is exactly what I did. I didn't tell anyone apart from those close to me as I have found in previous attempts that people asking how you are going on a regular basis only makes you think about it more. Don't get me wrong, I was terrified. I could not imagine myself as a non smoker, I could not imagine going out for a drink or coffee without smoking. I avoided these situations on purpose for 6 weeks, and just this is weekend I reached another goal. I went out for drinks with friends who all smoke and didn't once feel like one. I walked away that night with a big smile on my face knowing this time I have really done it. I have control of my life back.