JDK said: "Btw, any views on the cut down one at a time = eternal withdrawal? i.e. is there any validity in it?"
Kev, let me put it to you this way. I tried that method for about 6 months before I finally up and quit. I would get down to one a day, then one every other day, then one every 4-5 days...and then it would start coming back at me, and I'd be puffing away at 5-6 a day again, then I would battle it down to one a day...you get the idea.
It was 6 months of utter hell. On me, on my family, on the people I work with.
See, cocky fool that I am, I thought I could control my addiction. That I could become one of those people you here about that have one every couple of weeks, or when they go out to a bar...(those people don't exist, btw. They are an urban myth. It's always a friend of a friend who is able to do that, and the few people I've met directly who do claim that capacity...are lying).
What in fact happened, was that I extended that period of physical withdrawal -- what folks around here call Hell Week -- into 6 months. Six months of constant physical withdrawal. I had Hell Half Year. All because I was afraid of letting go of that last cigarette, that friend who would never let me down, that constant companion, that good buddy who was killing me by inches and making me suffer every inch of the way.
When I finally let go -- and let go completely -- for one week, I began to see how foolish my thinking was, how full of junkie lying trash I was.
So, to make a short story long, my advice to you would be: Put the pack down. Walk away. And Don't Look Back.
Legend
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/25/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 43
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 261
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $53.75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 21 [B]Seconds:[/B] 49
