Originally Posted by
nolonger 
Hi Alera,
Good luck w. quitting smoking. I've quit so many times... but it worked in the end. A lot of people find that the famous CRAVINGS... actually are barely there. It's like having a bad cold for a couple of days, but then... I was clear. And it was amazing - I couldn't believe how central this habit used to be to me. Before, I couldn't leave the house without smokes ("keys? wallet? phone?... cigarettes?"). I had to have them on me at all times. Then suddenly something I'd been doing every hour for about 15 years, I just didn't even think about anymore. Weird - like changing from right to left handed overnight, or something. Definitely worth it though.
and hello to all the other non-supernaturalists on SR too,
NL.
Thanks NL. I quit several times, once for three years. Its the habit part of it that gets me every time. The day after I finished the patch last year was when I started up again. It was habit that I had a feeling for, and I was smoking with a friend with her cig before I knew it. I really need to apply the same tools I use to stay clean. I am planning to do SMART all the way to stay with the quit this time.