Nicotine is highly addictive. I've read that it stimulates the same part of the brain as cocaine does.

I'm an alcoholic and I won't lie, stopping smoking was harder than stopping drinking. Later this month it'll be 16 years since my last cigarette. I'm very proud and happy that I remain smoke free!

I read everything I could get my hands on about stopping, set a target date and started my trek. I used the patch and went to lower milligram straight away. The patch took care of my physical cravings and gave me time to deal with the more mental things. Things like how do I drive a car without smoking? I never had, I was smoking by the time I got my drivers license. I depended upon a straw, cut to cigarette link to occupy my fingers. I also did a lot of things I used to never smoke while doing. I took a lot of showers and I brushed my teeth a lot!!!

There's a lot of things that will help. One of them is post here and do it often!

Good luck! You can do this!!