It's been 2 months and 2 days since I decided to quit smoking for good! I admit, I cheated a couple times within my first week of quitting, but I stayed tough and DID NOT let those cheats ruin my plan to quit smoking!
I went cold-turkey, which a lot of people think is just too hard, but for me, it was the only way. I had tried the patch, the gum, the step-down method...none of it ever worked. With me, it's all or nothing. Cigarettes were no different. If I was going to kick the habit for good, I knew I needed to make the decision to kick them out of my life for good, immediately. In the year 2000, I quit cold-turkey for 1 month. At the time, I just knew I wasn't going to make it. It was no surprise to me (or anyone else, really) when I started smoking again. But this time, I just knew it was going to be different. It was time to quit. I felt extremely confident about it.
It's been 2 months now and I really cannot see me ever smoking again. I just have no desire to whatsoever.