Quote From: linda12kHi Deb 
Welcome aboard. I too smoked a many years, and though the help of this board I quit. You might want to go to www.silkmeter.com , you can download a meter and that is such an incentive to keep going. Also the archives in stop smoking has a lot of helpful advice. No doubt this is hard, but once you get so far it will become easier. Are you taking Zyban or Wellbrutrin to help you in quitting. If not, they are a prescription medicine that helps take the edge off of quitting. I could not have done it without, that's for sure. 
I'm from Texas, welcome. 
Linda 
 
Four months, two weeks, two days, 1 hour, 40 minutes and 17 seconds. 3313 cigarettes not smoked, saving $626.09. Life saved: 1 week, 4 days, 12 hours, 5 minutes.
 
Thank you so much for your welcome. I will definitely go to the website to download that meter. It's nice to be talking to people who understand what I am going through. It is one of the hardest things I have ever done. At times I really do struggle. Then while I struggle, I say to myself how stupid I am for feeling a struggle when quitting would benefit my health. Sometimes I feel as if I am crazy. I am not taking anything to assist me in quitting. I should look into it. Congrats to you for your quit. That's great! I'm going to go download that meter now. Thanks again for your encouragement and will talk to you all soon.
Good Luck!
Deb