I stumbeled upon this website by Googling, "How can I quit smoking?". This site stood out to me so I took a look. WOW! I've been contemplating quitting for a year or so and unsucessfully attempted to quit six months ago. I've taken classes, researched online, tried the patch, blah, blah, blah. The only thing that I have found that helps my cause is research. Never, in any of my research, have I found such a comprehensive collection of information in one place as I have on this site. And it's not that sugar coated information that one is used to hearing... Smoking causes cancer, smoking destroys your lungs, smoking is addictive or quitting smoking is hard. Yeah, we all have heard those things dozens of times. What we don't hear is: Why does smoking cause cancer, and then see striking photos of healthy, then precancerous and then malignant lung cells, on a microscopic level. Or take, "Quitting smoking is hard." Well, yeah... Sure it is! Here, I have learned WHY it is hard, on a cellular level and what the symptoms that I will feel during withdrawal mean and how to counter them with knowledge, determination, focus and a bunch of cranberry juice! I feel more determination now than I ever have. I was truly touched by the personal stories about real people and how smoking has affected their families featured on this site. I feel like I have more ammo now than I ever have... I have been smoking for 15 years, since I was 15. I am starting to feel the physical toll that smoking causes on a body. I want to quit tomorrow and I'm scared about it. How do I just not smoke in the morning? It's almost as if all of the knowledge that I've aquired has made me somehow more nervous about quitting even though I know that within 90 days (nothing) my lungs will start to heal and I'll be on the road to a healthful lifestyle. I can't wait to feel that way! But how do I just not smoke in the morning? I can't imagine it. I'll keep reading and hopefully find the courage. |