Hi Sara,
I just quit a couple of weeks ago at 16 months alcohol sobriety. I had been putting off quitting time and time again and it seemed like I always had an excuse. My last one was my stress level which realistically never seems to go down, so I keep smoking. Finally one day the cigarettes were making me ill and finally I just did it cold turkey, no meds. The first three days were tough but truthfully not even that tough. Now I just get memory reminders that I used to smoke.
What motivated me to do it was reading through the posts here at SR in the Nicotine/Smoking forum. We have a gang there that quit and post daily about how we are doing. The support is great!! It was all I needed to be able to finally stop. Please come join us, I promise you won't regret it. I sure don't, I no longer am a smoker!!