I was a serial quitter for 43 years - I’d make it sometimes 24 hours, sometimes 3 hours, sometimes 6 weeks, once actually 4 months - but I never felt "that’s it! I’ll never smoke again" until I found WhyQuit - by accident - and learned about addiction. That’s what it is folks - whether you have one a day or two or more packs a day - it’s a chemical addiction.
This site is full of information - it explains exactly what happens when you smoke and when you quit smoking. You don’t have to read the scary stuff - the stories of people who died because of smoking - but the information you will receive(and don’t forget - you can keep on smoking while you read it all) will make quitting completely within your reach. The support system that comes from Freedom was, for me, the ultimate icing on the knowledge cake. When I would quit smoking it became the most important and all-consuming thing on my mind. But my friends all fell into three groups - those who smoked(and they didn’t want to hear about someone leaving their group), those who never smoked(and they don’t understand what I was going through) and those who had quit and put it all behind them.
At first I would get lots of praise, support, pats on the back etc but after a few days, they would all forget about it, and there I was all alone with this huge accomplishment which all of a sudden didn’t feel so huge. Or so important. Or so attractive. And then I’d backslide. Bum one. Then buy a pack. I didn’t understand The Law of Addiction(make sure you read it on WhyQuit). But with WhyQuit and Freedom you get a whole new bunch of quit brothers and sisters who want nothing more than for you to succeed and who will celebrate with you every step of the way. But - blow it by having a single puff and you lose the right to that support. That was enough to keep me quit - the zero tolerance.
So - here I am - 22 months later - smoke free and loving it. And 100% confident that I will never smoke again. All thanks to the founders, managers and members of WhyQuit.