re: Has anyone here ever quit tobacco?

I loved tobacco and I was good at it. I loved cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chew, whatever. She's an evil bitch and tough to walk away from. She's all the time trying to win you back.

I smoked a pack a day for years, thru college and into my late 20's. I'd quit for a few months or even a couple of years at one point, but I'd always fall back in a moment of weakness. It finally stuck for me nearly 7 years ago. I used the patch, sunflower seeds and the fact that I had recently moved to quit. Changing up the routine helped a bunch. Having recently moved, I didn't have any kind of normal patterns set up, so I didn't miss a cigarette at a normal time or place. The patch made me into a "tolerable a-hole," whereas without the patch, I would have been intolerable.

I still miss it sometimes, but I'm over them. I do plan on starting back when I hit 75 years old.