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Originally Posted by PaPaLarry
I couldn't agree more!!! Have very special friends also, that just can't kick the habit, but they are still very special to us. Just wish I could help
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I thought I would be one of those people. I started smoking on a bet in college. Quit four times over the years, and it would last two years, and then bam! the craving would come over me again, so badly that I would start again.
Finally what did the trick was being able to buy patches over the counter. I scheduled a two-week trip with a group where I knew I couldn't smoke, and used the patches. And I do mean used. Don't bash me--I wore them for a year. After a few months I was cutting them into little pieces, but I kept at it until I finally lost the urge and the mindset.
It was hard. But in some ways, I thought it was easier than dieting, because you never have to learn moderation--you never have to pick up another cigarette in your life. You DO have to continue to eat, so you are constantly surrounded by that which you wish to overindulge in.