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So I'm quitting smoking

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de_la_Nae:
I'm hesitant to say that I used to have a smoking habit myself, because if I did it was not nearly on the same level as most folks I've known who were focusing on quitting. But I do remember the point about a year ago when I realized I was smoking at least two cigarettes every work day, and I worked a minimum of four days a week.

And I remember how extra-snippy I felt the next week with zero cigarettes. It wasn't much, but it seemed noticeable to me.

Anyway, keep on, brother: you can do this!

Barmymoo:
On the flipside to Patrick's suggestion, I'm trying to break an eating addiction which isn't quite the same since obviously you do have to eat but not necessary three bars of chocolate in a day or a whole packet of biscuits or whatever... anyway if I have even a hint of a biscuit or ice cream in my vicinity I obsess about it until I snap and eat it. So personally I'd have to get rid of all cigarettes and then exert my willpower towards not buying more, rather than not smoking the ones I had.

Carl-E:
It does seem a bit counter intuitive that it would be easier to resist something that's right there...

But that's the difference between an addiction and a problem, I think.  The addict is comforted just by having the target nearby. 

Welu:
For me it depends on my mindset whether the stuff being there will make me want it more or not, in relation to over-eating. Obviously if it's not there I won't eat it but I will get more anxious about it and a stronger craving. So when I do get something junky to eat later, I'll end up over-doing it. If it's there I can overdo it or think, "I'll have a glass of water first." or "I'll wait until I've finished whatever I'm doing and see if I still want it later."

My parents have tried to quit multiple times. Well my Mammy has, then she's dragged Da in and he'd reluctantly smoke maybe up to five less a day when she had stopped completely and he'd usually end up bringing her back somehow. What really worked for her for a few months was electric cigarettes. Although her filters were the strongest nicotine ones you could get. She would take it out, have one long drag and put it away for a few hours. Plus I think she preferred the look compared to the Nicorette plastic tube things.
Also when I was living at home I could bitch at them to smoke outside, which was their rule but only I really imposed it.

Redball:
I saw a hypnotist and quit smoking in 1977 after an estimated 30 pack-years (1 pack a day x 1 year = 1 pack-year). I had just turned 40, my voice was ragged and I'd flunked a re-audition for my choir, although I didn't know that when I quit. My wife continued a pack a day for the next six years, but quit the night before her mastectomy. She'd had basal cell cancer and figured that and breast cancer were enough.

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