I quit smoking not too long ago, maybe the end of February. I had also quit once before.. They say in general smokers quit 2 or 3 times before they are successful.

The first time I quit I was a much heavier smoker.. I quit cold turkey. I drank a bunch the night before and smoked an entire pack in just the night so I would wake up with the feeling that occasionally follows those nights.. Dry throat, sick stomach.. So the last thing I would want was a cigarette. I remember feeling like time stopped when the withdrawals kicked in.. I sweated a whole lot and I think I could smell tobacco coming out of my pores for the next few days.

That quit lasted about 2 years.. Then I smoked again for 2 years, but less than 10 cigarettes a day. I wanted to quit again for awhile and I slowly tapered it down to 5 a day. It was really the habit that I needed to quit, I wasn't worried about the withdrawals.

I didn't really "feel" it this time, other than missing the habit of going out for a ciggie with my coffee or on my break at work. But I still have nicotine mints with me for when I have uncontrollable stress. I don't find those addictive, I think they are nice to have around.

Good job.. It does feel good to quit and your body rewards you.. Especially with those nice phlegmy nasty coughs of your lungs cleaning themselves out and the cilia growing back along your respiratory passages.