quitting cigs, keeping cigars?

Thank you all for this great an inspirational post. Quiting cigarettes is my resolution for 09 as well and its awesome to realize that you're are not alone in this. I have been stressed about quiting and continuing to smoke cigars but am inspired by some of the posts here. Thanks for the topic and good luck to all.

[floydpink]

4 days strong for me...... not a cig and boy do those cigars seem better.

Not getting over confident yet, but this time feels different than the other dozen attempts.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by floydpink

4 days strong for me...... not a cig and boy do those cigars seem better.

Not getting over confident yet, but this time feels different than the other dozen attempts.

[doctorcue]

Stay at it my man! You'll be better off for it. As with all goals; keep the long term in mind but work one day at a time.

[jjirons69]

Happy 6th day!!

[floydpink]

Originally Posted by jjirons69

Happy 6th day!!

Thanks, One week today.

I had a good sign yesterday. I was walking though the Magic Kingdom in Disney with my daughter and behind the castle is a smoking area that I normally ducked into a few times a day.

Walking by it the smell of all the cigarrettes made me gag a little.

It's far from over and the nicotine gum has gotten me through some tough moments, but I keep convincing myself I am an ex cigarrete smoker.

Hope the others with the same resolution are doing as well.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by floydpink

Walking by it the smell of all the cigarrettes made me gag a little.

This is a very very good sign that you are on the right track.
Congrats on the one week anniversary! Keep it up!

Originally Posted by floydpink

Thanks, One week today.

I had a good sign yesterday. I was walking though the Magic Kingdom in Disney with my daughter and behind the castle is a smoking area that I normally ducked into a few times a day.

Walking by it the smell of all the cigarrettes made me gag a little.

It's far from over and the nicotine gum has gotten me through some tough moments, but I keep convincing myself I am an ex cigarrete smoker.

Hope the others with the same resolution are doing as well.

you can stretch that week into years if you keep on the mental game as you have. proud of you bro, i went through the same stuff and now i'm almost completely disgusted by cigs. just kinda grosses me out and makes me almost gag.

Originally Posted by Vitis

Thank you all for this great an inspirational post. Quiting cigarettes is my resolution for 09 as well and its awesome to realize that you're are not alone in this. I have been stressed about quiting and continuing to smoke cigars but am inspired by some of the posts here. Thanks for the topic and good luck to all.

I was fairly stressed and admittedly scared when it came to quitting, I didn't want to fail. This was especially true the last couple days leading up to my target date. When I quit, I used this to my advantage and to make myself stronger. I kept challenging myself not to let this thing beat me. I really wanted to quit. The worst part for me was the second day and the first weekend away from work (as I don't have a significant other half). I changed a couple of things in my daily lifestyle to help. Bottom line, I WON!!!!

People act/react differently when doing a lifestyle change of this magnitude. When I look back, overall it was rather easy to quit. It will be one year on the 9th. I have no cravings and feel great. Food tastes better and the cigars taste better.

When your ready to quit, one thing is for sure, you have a lot of brothers that are here to help you anyway we can!!!