It's weird that this is the community where I'd be posting this, however.

After 16 years of smoking, I tried to quit smoking yesterday.

boi oh boi it is hard 😂 but 2nd day smoke free so far.

From past experiences, I'm almost past the hardest part.

I decided to quit with the first day of lent to have a bit of an extra motivation so if you're into prayer, prayers and good whishes are appreciated

Something that helped me beat addiction was thinking of myself as an ex addict. That really helps a lot with how you preface things in your mind. Wish you the best!

Wish you perseverance. Ex stoner smoker here, quit 7 months Ago by now. What motivated me was the realization of how much money I saved! It's a lot! Been saving it up and investing in stocks and bonds. Also feel a lot healthier. Added bonuses are your SO kisses you a lot more, you feel like your chest/lungs are recovering again, no more coughing and mortgages and insurance can drop in price significantly after demonstrably 2 years.

All worth it if you ask me.

You are probably posting this here b/c we are one of the most welcoming and understanding communities online. And on the topic : Wish you luck in this adventure. Now that you are in to it, you can start running or just walking more too. That can be another motivation to keep it smokeless ( like you will feel the difference right after the first few cigarettes after a long break and if you have that motivation to keep running / walking you should stop them with ease ... in theory )

10 years ago i managed stopping for two years until a scenario similar to @horus reply happened to me. Have been snoking since, and its very hard to quit.

Your post gices me hope and i hope to be in a state of mind where i can try again, soon.

What helped me quit was amoking after a *hard* run. Felt so sick and nauseous that I never forgot the feeling whenever I look at a cigarette

I've quit it the first time my wife got pregnant. It was hard.
First I've bought like a million tic tac (candy? pills?) cases and 2kg of chewing gum. It helped me those first few months when you start to feel that horrible "tongue taste" in your mouth.
I also kept a short wooden stick in my desk. Every time I felt like my hand was missing something I started spinning it in my fingers.
By the time my twins were crying all night long it should have been easier, but was not. So I started drinking boiling hot tea using a metal straw. That was surprisingly effective to chill the compulsion.

Good luck!

Good luck.

I also wanted to quit smoking, so I started to smoke electronic cigarettes.

Now I want to drop that shit too, but my GF still smokes and it ties me up, cause I still got the cigarette and heets at home :(

21 days update. Still smoke free. Thank you everyone for your support and good wishes!!

@john-doe you are almost passed the hardest part. A week or 2 more and you'll start to wonder why you smoked in the first place and pro ably find the stench revolting.