i've often compared my quitting smoking to quitting drinking.... but do not verbalize it here too much, (because gasp! then i'm not a "real" alcoholic), lol
it took me about a year to quit cigarettes, i was a 2.5 pack a day smoker...what really helped me quit was the smell....after a cigarette i tasted burned plastic, could not stand my hair smelling like smoke....i would go back and have a cigarette and blech!
same thing with my favorite old friends in the booze....my previous favorite wine now tastes like nail polish remover to me.
i'm done, i know it's bad for me and i try to remember that it would be very stupid for me to start this whole cycle over again...i'm simply too old for it.
better to be a non-drinker and enjoy my lemon tea habit.