Ok, so I guess I did it! I am now a non smoker. I listened to my kids bitch about my smoking for so long and being the stubborn, hard headed person that I am I refused for the longest time until one day I realized that, if I got

It's been a little over a year since I quit smoking and I am not going to mix words here. It was not easy. I don't care who tells you what, no matter how you choose to quit it never leaves you. It is like being a recovering alcoholic, you can't have one and think you will be a "casual smoker", it doesn't work like that. I used Smoke Away herbs, I only needed them for 2 days and then used nothing but I do not reccomend that. I can't use the patch as I am allergic to it and Zyban is to expensive, we just recently got the lozenges in Canada so for me there wasn't a whole lot of choice in what to use.

I went through some awful mood swings. My poor kids didn't know what was going on. One minute they had nice mom and then evil mom came out...I felt like Sybol. Thank god my kids are teenagers and I could explain it was all from quitting smoking and they could also read a lot on the internet so they had a clue what was going on. I felt like the airline stewardess on the Nicoderm commercial, that was my evil twin most days.

Today I feel good about my decision and very happy that I can be considdered a non smoker now. My daughter who has allergies and asthma doesn't mind getting in the car with us now, it doesn't smell like an ashtray! Our house was saved as we stopped smoking in the house about 7 years ago...

To anyone who is planning on quitting...start with cutting down first, then make yourself go outside for every smoke, no matter how cold or rainy it is, don't smoke in the car. I did this and found it much easier to quit once I set my mind to it.

Your kids will appreciate you more knowing you will be around for them in the years to come, even if you just plan on being there to pester them, LOL!!