Thanks Dee, I appreciate your input. Maybe I wasn't as much a problem smoker as you were. I had a pretty normal and satifactory life, but that doesn't mean I was happy with my behaviour. I wasn't opposed to being stoned but I was opposed to me being an addict and the behaviour that came with it. Of course it influenced me on many levels, but I didn't come to a complete stand-still in life.
After trying numerous times to moderate (and failing) I came to the conclusion that quitting was my only option. I still stand behind that decision, but because I was not evading major issues the change in my life has not been a dramatic one. Maybe I hoped a little too much for that, and maybe I haven't made enough of an effort to turn it around in a greater sense.