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I’m a few days late, but I just realized that Saturday February 18th marked three years since I last smoked a cigarette. I wasn’t a super hardcore smoker, but I did try lots of times before but always failed. The weird thing this time around is that I didn’t consciously make a decision to quit cold turkey, it just sort of happened (it didn’t hurt that I was broke and unemployed at the time though. lol). When I realized a week had passed, I kept setting small goals and pushing the streak even further. Now, here I am…three years later :)

It gets easier and easier as more time passes, and I’m 100% confident that I wouldn’t go back to being a smoker if I happened to have one again, but at this point it’s just more for the sake of keeping the non-smoking streak alive, although I did seriously consider having a smoke once last year. I also had a few nightmares (for me at least) where I took a few drags, but when I woke up I was hella sad and disappointed in myself until I realized it was just a dream. lol.

Like I mentioned on my second anniversary, it’s not my place to preach from the pulpit. I have friends who are trying to quit right now and I applaud them for their effort. For everyone else out there who’s trying to quit, just remember, “you can do it!”