I smoked from 12 years old until I was 38
and then I quit after dozens of tries. It wasn't easy but something just clicked and I never smoked again. I can't even explain it, I think perhaps it was at that moment that I actually *wanted* to stop so the willpower I'd previously lacked sprung up and helped but I don't really know.
Peer pressure and complaining and guilt don't work, I know that.
And now I can breathe properly and taste things and I only stink at work and can walk up hills and mountains which is proper fucking good.

So don't give up giving up but you must give up giving up on the giving up.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 19:32, 1 reply)

Nail and hammer
Spot on. I cannot explain it either but you saying 'Something just clicked' is exactly right. Tried many a time to give up then, using the exact same aids as before, I've now been smoke free for almost two years.

Don't give up - See your doctor and try everything. Also give yourself some chance of succeeding by avoiding the situations where you *must* have a fag. Make 'I'll have one tomorrow' your mantra.
(GingerIrishTosser isn't dead yet., Mon 19 Nov 2012, 13:37, closed)