quitSTART - Quit Smoking

I would like this app more if it’s features actually worked. I have never once been able to play a distract me game-they’ve just never loaded. Either get a blank white screen or a panda head bobbing back and forth not doing anything. Totally useless when dealing with cravings and trying to distract myself from them. The check ins don’t always work, I get a notification to do a check in, click on it and the app opens up the home screen and then nothing, other times it actually opens the check in for completion, but it’s totally random when it will work and when it won’t, and there are only five emotions from which to choose and no option to enter your own...uhh I’m quitting smoking! And I am fairly certain I’m dealing with a lot more emotions than just “happy, sad, angry, stressed and relaxed!” At least provide the option to write in your own emotion. It’s actually more frustrating to try and figure out where the complex emotion I’m currently feeling goes into of the five uncomplicated emotions they’ve provided. I also find the joined for count to be slightly confusing cuz whenever I’ve slipped, I’ve reset my clock, and yet the joined for count doesn’t reset and just chills at the top of the screen like it’s the most important time and not your quit time which can (and in my case does) change, so I actually have to go into another section to see where I’m at in my actual quit process. And the layout of the progress section isn’t very helpful or even satisfying to look at when I do check it out. While great in theory as most smokers need a little extra motivation to quit, this app isn’t very well designed and has so many bug issues that I’m deleting it all together cuz I can barely use it effectively.

I think this is by far going to play the biggest part in my journey to a healthier me & smoke free life-lifestyle! I can’t believe how informative it is, information that OPENS MY EYES, that no one ever taught or told me about when I started smoking! What nicotine is actually made out of, how many different ways it’s affects me, my mind-brain, heart, blood vessels right down to dental issues due to smoking! Loss of sense of smell, taste. Also, putting others, people we love the most in harms way in many different forms by 2nd hand smoke alone. I’m horrified & I’m thinking...”THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT US...SMOKERS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS-FORMS. THANK TOU FOR CARING ENOUGH ABOUT US BY DOING WHAT YOU DO, ENOUGH TO STICK WITH US, BELIEVE IN UD, ENCOURAGE US ENOUGH, TAKE UP YOUR OWN TIME TO HELP US.” ...ALOT of us smokers are those of us who have been smoking aren’t used to people like you. Amazing people who honestly care! Thank you? Think about how many lives you potentially save, have an impact on, families you change please? What you do is HUGE! I definitely appreciate it & recommend you app 100%, hands down!!!

I’m 19 and last year during senior year of high school I let myself get addicted to Juul then I went to Italy for a month where I smoked a pack and a half a day. I made terrible choices and downloading this app is just one step I'm taking to quit. I’m doing this without any medication to help. I think downloading this app should not be your first choice. What I did was first I went to a hospital and talked to a doctor and I was honest with the doctor and asked for any help they could give me. Then every day since I’ve done something differently but something that is clearly enforcing to my brain that I want to quit. This is one of my steps and I plan on using it to try and get through this weekend. I’m a college student so I know I’m gonna get a lot of triggers. What I think is great about this app is that I can set locations for it to remind me. I’ve set reminders for all the frats at my school, my friends dorm and the place I usually get pods or cigs. Tomorrow my step is I’m gonna call a hotline and just talk to them. I think the most important thing for myself is to be committed and also to prove to my brain I’m committed. By saying every morning I’m not gonna smoke and then doing an action that directly aligns with that has made my urges less controlling. I wish anyone reading this the best of luck, you can do this!