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Quote From: bay218

 This is not an easy process.  I am still looking for the miracle drug that does it all on its own.  Unfortunately I know better it is going to take a lot of work on my part.  I have tried everything and my favorite is the patch because it takes the edge off the physical craving.  The longest I have quit was 2 years and currently I smoke.  I have to actually tell myself awful things to make it more of  a motivator.  I joke that if I had a clear chest and could see the damage I was doing to myself I would surely quit.  I am litteraly slowly killing myself and I tell myself that my children would be so upset with me if I died.  There are so many other things out there that we have no control over developing such as other types of cancers, ect.  We do have control over this.  I know that when I have quit before I can smell it on others so therefor I must stink!  Yuck!  I take pride in my appreance and yet don't mind smelling like an ashtray?  It has been claimed that nicotine is as addictive as some very hard drugs such as Heroin.  I believe that.  What I also know is that the withdrawls from nicotine are no where near the harder drugs.  We do not have the violent physical reaction that comes from withdrawing from the other drugs.  In a sense we have it easy comparitively speaking.  I have yet to take the plunge into my smoke free day but have come close with only 2 to 3.  As the days turn into weeks you definitely think of it less.  At first that's all you can think about and then there are days where you are proud of yourself that you haven't thought about it for a couple of hours at a time.  It definitely feels like you are taking away a security blanket or a big part of your life.  But it is a very bad part.  Unfortunately we do not see it that way because we love it soooo much.  At times death isn't even a motivating factor, but it sure as hell should be.  Throat cancer as well would be an awful thing especially if you had to have a part of your jaw removed.  I love my family dearly that should be motivating enough.