From the recently-returned Dave:
I am now an ex-smoker. I want to say that in public. Of course I still really want to smoke.Me too, since January 2002. As Dave explains, I too had a very deep, integral place in my problem solving process for a cigarette. I also had a spot for a cigarette in my avoiding-violence-against-coworkers process. But, many panic attacks and insanity-verge moments later, I think I’m doing quite well. I have started strangulating more co-workers, but my problem solving skills have become mroe productive.
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I quote smoking on Halloween night in 1998. 3-1/2 years later, I still crave a smoke. It does get easier, eventually, but I don’t think that craving ever goes away.
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[...] l.m.orchard says in his opml blog: Dave posts about how long it’s been since he quit smoking. It’s been since January 2002 for me. Let’s all cheer for quitting! I quit cold turkey one day after 7 years or so of smoking, finished the last in the pack, and then just worked through the next 12 weeks or so of withdrawl and panic attacks. Granted, 7 years isn’t as long as many people have gone, letting smoking get claws in - but ever since then, I’ve used this cold-turkey quit to remind myself that personal change is always possible. [...]