Av you gave up smoking?!

Av you gave up smoking?

how did you do it

after smoking for 30 years and at a point where I was smoking 4 to 4 1/2 packs a day I quit cold turkey on Labor Day weekend of 1990. Still a non smoker today. Never have I slipped and don't intend to ever.

First off l read an article that helped me determine what type of addiction l had.

If you get up 1st thing in the morning and have to light up, you have a chemical addiction. You may need to have help by using a patch system or gum.

If you can be up for hours without lighting up, you have a psychological addiction. For this you need a strong support system and something to replace the butt in your mouth. This was my addiction. I used sunflower seeds and chewing gum(regular not nicotine) drinking straws, lollipops just anything to keep my mouth and hands busy.

This will be 17 years this year so l think it is a success. l long ago lost the need to nurse the habit and have not needed anything anymore.

If you look at the cigarette and try to imagine that you can speak to it. Who is stronger? You with a brain and the absolute top of the food chain or this inanimate object that has no meaning, no soul, no purpose and is of absolutely no use for anything!

Good Luck in your endeavor