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Bob's Journal

Follow Bob in his journey through the stages of change as he quits smoking. Each link below refers to a stage, choose one to read his quitting log.

Bob thinks about quitting
Bob gets ready
Bob is getting tired of this
Bob makes a plan
Bob makes the attempt
Bob stays smoke free

I think I can quit smoking. I really need help.

I'm coughing more and more. Sometimes I'm out of breath. I really need to quit smoking.

Kathy, Diane and Dave from work have already quit. I wonder how they did it.

Every time I look at my kids, I know I should quit not only for me - but for them too.

Some people say quitting was easier than they thought. I've quit before too, for a few days. It's quitting for good that's my problem.

I should take a closer look at the times I tried to quit before.

I need to really start thinking about quitting. Others around me have tried.

I've been smoking for more than half of my life. Over a pack a day for 33 years - just think of what my lungs look like.

I've wanted to quit for a long time now . I always thought that all my friends smoked but now most are ex-smokers. Maybe there's something to this quitting.

I don't enjoy smoking anymore, and a lot of my smoking buddies are quitting. Now I'm reading all about the toxic stuff in cigarettes. What the heck is benzene? I've inhaled it for 33 years. Can't be good.

I found out what chemicals are in cigarettes from the Web site on my cigarette pack. Not things I want to breathe in! I've gotta quit.

They just started a no smoking policy at work. That means I have to go outside. Maybe it'll make me quit.

Man, I went out three times in the rain to smoke today. It's not easy being a smoker.

I'm starting to get sick of smoking. I think I'll talk to Charlie tomorrow and see how he quit.

How's this for a coincidence . ran into Charlie. He quit a year ago today. Said it was hard, but worth it. Took him about 2 months to beat it.

I told Carol that I was thinking about quitting soon. Man was she happy!

My kids drew me a poster to encourage me to quit. I stuck it to the fridge. It's gross, but if I don't want to look like that, I've got to quit.

I know cigarettes are bad for me, but they're a part of my life. It'll be hard to say goodbye to them.

I just read that a pack-a-day smoker can spend more than $2,500 on cigarettes every year. I could do a lot of things with that money.

I was reading from that Web site. It said smoking actually increases stress. I always thought it helped me deal with it. Wonder what else I didn't know.

I watched a movie last night with my wife. The hero smoked. Some hero!

Many reasons for quitting keep coming up . my smoking bothers people, I'd like to have more energy, I want to grow old with my wife .

I was having a smoke outside today. It was windy and cold. Glad I'm quitting soon.

I had a pain in my chest yesterday so I checked out that Web site again - I learned the risks of having a heart attack go down 2 days after you quit smoking.

I've started to write down my reasons for quitting. That's Charlie's suggestion.