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I hear you !!!! Nicotine is one heck of a drug. Been on that one for 34 years before it got the best of me !!!!! I enjoyed smoking, there is no other thing to say about, other than it will win and you will not if you continue. There are things out there and it might take a many tries, but don't give up, all you have is you !!!!!  After that, is what you give to others.

Here's what worked for me, and I want to say I'm one the hardest type of people to quit something, especially if I enjoy it !!! And smoking was my "best friend", or so I thought. I got on this prescription called Wellbrutrin, you take it for about 2 weeks before you plan to quit. Then you have a quit date in mind, the Wellbrutrin takes the edge off. Buy some patches, nicotine gum, or inhaler, something to take you off gradually. I used the Wellbrutin and the nicotine inhaler, to get a hit when needed, after about a month I did not need any of that again. But I kept the inhaler with me for about a year just in case I thought I really, really needed it.  And come post on this board, it so helps to have other smokers that have quit to help you keep you motivated. Alot of the posts from the past have some really good suggestions in them.  They also have "Chantix" , a prescription, it helps to take the desire away, and you are smoking for a while, while taking it. That helped my husband, and he was a dipper for 35 years !!!!! These ways are so much easier than the "cold turkey" way. Which I have tried so many times but was unsuccessful. Hope this helps, I'll come back here to see if you need more support.

Linda

Three years, two months, two weeks, five days, 19 hours, 18 minutes and 29 seconds. 35304 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,831.35. Life saved: 17 weeks, 3 days, 14 hours, 0 minutes.