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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MojoGM" data-source="post: 3265005" data-attributes="member: 11414">I've been a smoker for probably about 15 years, and the last 10 or so I've been at least a pack a day.  I often quote the old joke, "Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it dozens of times!" and I have, with little success.  But all these times have been cold turkey, and have lasted anywhere from a day to about a week or so, when I would "fall off the wagon" and be back up to a pack a day in no time.     I've always thought the psychological addiction to smoking was far stronger in me than the physical.  After a meal, when I'm waiting for something, when I'm bored, when I'm drinking, these are the times when I tended to chain smoke.  A few years back I bought a little plastic cigarette, flavored with mint, to help with the psychological addiction, but even using that the results were the same: failure.     Well, I decided 2007 was going to be the year I finally did it.  I even bought the patch system.  It was expensive, but I was able to defray the cost somewhat with a flexible-spending account at work (this takes out money from your check pre-tax which you can then get reimbursed for medical related expenses).       So, 9:30 pm on New Years Eve I had what I hope to be my last cigarette. The patch has taken care of the physical addiction, and when I feel the psychological need to smoke I pretend with my plastic cig.  I made it this far.     But the weekdays are easier.  Work is hectic as hell (every day I think I was busy from the time I started to the time I left), and I brought something to do on lunch so I would not be tempted to go outside and smoke 9 or 10 cigs (like I usually do).   Weekends are another story.  Lots of time on my hands, hanging out at home, this is the danger zone.  My g/f is out for the day, so she has the car, and I'm just puttering at home with the dogs.  I've been busy cleaning all morning, and soon I will sit down to work on my D&D game for next week.   If I can make it to 9:30 Sunday night, I will have done a full week, the longest I think I've gone without at least 1 cig (in past, even when I've quit I've had one here and there).     I've got to say it is one of the toughest things I've ever done.  I once shared a cigarette with a homeless guy who approched me while outside work on lunch, and he told me he found it easier to kick his heroin addiction than his smoking addiction.  I'm not sure I believed him then, but I'm more convinced now.     I have a little computer program running at work which counts how many cigs I have not smoked, and how much money I've saved.  I have to say it is illuminating.  When I left on Friday I had NOT smoked almost 100 cigs, and saved aver $25.  100 cigarettes.  That's borderline revolting.  In less than 2 months I will have not smoked 1000 cigarettes.  That IS revolting.  I've tried and failed before, I'm hoping 57th times the charm...       Anyway, as motivation for me please share your stories, both success and failure, in quitting this habit.  Thanks!~Chris</blockquote>

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