Welcome Wuzzled!
Astro is exactly right, different strokes for different folks. And Angel is spot on with the recommendation to increase your knowledge on what smoking really does to us. You probably know most of the facts but the process strengthens our fortitude to stop.
I crushed and destroyed my last cigarettes to help make the decision final in my mind. Playing for a time to stop did not seem to match my mood to quit when the time came so waited a few days for my motivation to hit a high point and quit cold turkey. For me I think the patches/Chantix/bupropion approach would not have worked as well because my mind would have been stressing over whether or not the meds were effective. For others those approaches have worked well.
After the first few days of the quit it really did get much much easier. Cravings are only temporary and do pass fairly quickly and when I reminded myself of that it made it much easier to cope.
Bottom line is that it was remarkably easier than I expected. Almost five months now and I really never get cravings or think of cigarettes at all anymore.
You Can Do It!!!!!!!!
