I'm thinking of quitting

Well it's been a month, and I'm still not smoking. Not really thinking about it too much at this point but have run into some triggers. Barely touching the nicotine gum.

Great news, scatterbrained! I'm glad you've been sailing through despite the daily stresses. Now that you've cut back on the gum, you'll start feeing your financial situation improve suddenly! It will be a sweet Christmas for your son! Anyways, I'm so glad you're giving $$$ a priority in your life, through quitting. Good luck continuing...

Congratulations Candle in the wind on your superb quit. I know what you mean by the cost of cigarettes as I also live in Canada and have saved about 10 grand since I quit in the summer of 2015.

You are absolutely right to prepare for sudden urges even late in the quit.
I also lost a couple of previous long term quits. The key is to be prepared for some out of the blue trigger... not to be blindsided by it so when it happens just sit back, breath deeply and remember this too shall pass. Another is to distract, distract, distract and then recommit to not taking a single puff that day no matter what. I just go back to the strategies I used early in my quit.

Congratulations to you scatterbrained! You're beautiful quit is amazing and inspiring. Keep us posted!

Well, I think I'm getting myself in a pickle. I've been dating someone who smokes, and so I've been smoking just when I'm with him but not any other time. The problem is now I've just smoked 7 days in a row. With the holidays, I've been socially smoking with people. And then I just didn't quit.

I am currently out of cigarettes, but I hardcore want to run out and get some right now. But at the same time, I don't want to.

I can relate. I tried to quit multiple times without success, but found it hard to get started if I smoked even one. Also, my GF smoked, which made it harder to quit (even though kissing a smoker is like licking out an ashtray ). I finally had success when my GF quit along with me. We've both been smoke-free for three years. I'm not suggesting that you should confront your BF...just sharing my experience. You quit for a while before, & I know you can do it again. I know, however, that you've been going through challenging times; who the hell cares if smoking causes cancer when you're already suicidal? At this point I look at the money angle. Good luck.

vaping really helped me quit smoking.

just don't smoke. you can do it. you can get back to your quit.

I started vaping to quit. Going smokeless really made a big difference. Started at 12mg, now at 3. Went to the gym the other day for the first time in a long while. Wish you all luck on your journey! We got this.