Someone mentioned 9/11 at work today and I started telling the story of how I quit smoking and I was a crazy mess for the first week and then, the second week, the twin towers fell down…..

The whole world was just as stressed out and disoriented I was so there was no point in starting again.

Then I remembered I forgot my 7 yr Quit Anniversary completely!

Hard to believe. Because it was a long hard road to get here let me tell you!! A lot of stuff has happened between now and then.

So let me give you my advice in case you’re quitting or thinking about quitting.

I went in to the quit (my 4th) thinking it was worth trying out the patch cause it was cheaper than the cigs and if I stayed on it for a few weeks and started again, I saved some money so why not give it a shot?

“How did you do it?” people always ask. I did EVERYTHING. I used every possible crutch. Switched between them all frequently and constantly tested out new ones. I became obsessed with my own quit. I blogged it too. I spent hours designing my pages and taking photos and documenting my quit. And I discussed it in graphic detail at the Quitnet.org quitstop forums. Which I highly recommend.

Eventually I was able to do other things besides quitting.
I know cause I forgot it was my 7 yr anniversary.
I’m awfully proud of that!