I used to smoke between 20 and 30 cigs a day. This was something like
fifteen years ago. Over the years, I've been cutting down
gradually. Five years ago I smoked maybe ten ciggies a day. Generally
I feel that the first 10 cigs were rather easy to skip. The next 5
were difficult. And as the ciggies/day crept closer and closer to zero
the more difficult it got.
The last three months I've managed to smoke a total of seven
cigarettes.
Its a major pain. In reality my ambition was to quit completely
but... when the craving hits me I find myself using my entire mind-
all the logical skills I've learned over the years- completely
focused on convicing myself why I should take that ciggie. That its
ok. That its not _that_ bad for my health. etc.
And its almost impossible to resist.
At least for me, its this last cigarette I find the most difficult.
The last three months I've managed to smoke a total of seven cigarettes.
Its a major pain. In reality my ambition was to quit completely but... when the craving hits me I find myself using my entire mind- all the logical skills I've learned over the years- completely focused on convicing myself why I should take that ciggie. That its ok. That its not _that_ bad for my health. etc.
And its almost impossible to resist.
At least for me, its this last cigarette I find the most difficult.