Congratulations on being smoke-free, maincyn. Well done.
As hard as it is, it is soooooooooooooooo worth it. And I am a firm believer that if I can do it (30 years of 2 packs+ a day), anyone can do it.
I've read the Allan Carr book, btw. I picked up a copy complete with audio tapes on a bargain table for 1$ once, and put it on the shelf for years, until I needed it. And it helped. It wasn't a magic bullet for me as it is for some, though.
Everyone is so different. My brother found it easy with Wellbutrin. Someone else will just decide and leave their cigarettes on the kitchen counter unsmoked until they throw them away weeks later.
I used patches and nicotine gum and
www.quitnet.com and cognitive theapy and licorice. Basically every crutch and tool I could find that suited me, and I relied on the nicotine gum crutch for a long time.
All that really matters in my opinion is that I have not had one single puff of one single cigarette since June of 2002, and this I managed while living with a smoker. My recent stats are:
My Stats:
Your Quit Date is: 6/1/2002 email me my daily stats
Time Smoke-Free: 2721 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes and 9 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 95255
Lifetime Saved: 24 months, 7 days, 15 hours
Money Saved: $23,808.75
Anyway, I just wanted to pop in and give you some support. Well done!!