So, I had a LONG post written out with step by step details of what led me to the moment in time that I was typing last night at 7:30pm and when I hit submit - I think I crashed YT.
All I know is it said I didn't have permissions. Tried a couple of times and then went to navigate the forum to see if there was an issue and I couldn't get anything to load (til after midnight). I posted on FB but never heard from anyone so was it just me that couldn't get on??
Anyway, long story short: I have smoked for 26 years. I've tried a gazillion things/ways to quit over the years but nothing in the last 7. I swore I wasn't even going to try again until I had proof - living breathing proof - that something works.
In walks Vapor Stix. 4 guys from the other trucking company have been using it. One started 30 days ago and has not smoked or dipped since. 2 started 3 weeks ago and they both admit to having 1 or 2 cigs but nothing in the past week (that was like the first week for both of them).
What really got me was the 4th, who is actually a truck driver and the one that introduced these to all of us. He was a 2 pack a day smoker (I smoke more than anyone around here in the office at 1 pack so he sold me on this). He had smoked for over 20 years. He hasn't had a cigarette in 3 months.
I said, what the heck. So I'm nervous, scared of failure, and excited all at the same time. I got my PINK Vapor Stix
and started this last night (yes, at 7:30pm Central Time when my YT world vanished - AAARRRGGHHH!!!) lol
So, here is my status. I haven't had a cigarette in 13 hours. I know that doesn't seem long especially with those hours being overnight, but I couldn't sleep (storms) last night and I didn't get to sleep until 2am and then had to get up for work this morning at 6:30am. So, I've been awake most of those 13. I won't lie - there have been several moments when I think that it's not working and I need just one cig. The worse time so far was right when I woke up this morning and on the drive to work.
All I know is I'm trying. If I fail, I fail...but I plan on succeeding this time. All I can do is try right?
Has anyone out there successfully quit smoking after years of it? If so, how did you do it and how long has it been?