I have been told that quitting smoking was difficult. I never found it to be that hard - why I quit every night when I went to sleep.
I was only smoking 3 packs a day back then.
I first quit after heart attack #1. That lasted for a couple of years, then I went back to it for some reason. Counting the lit ones in ashtrays while I was working on the one in my hand, I was going through 5 packs a day.
Quit again when I came back from a trip into the Rockies that resulted in altitude sickness (too far up too fast and then too far down too fast). I guess you could call both times I stopped smoking "quitting" but as far as I'm concerned it was enforced abstinance each time. Hard to smoke when you are on O
2 and being monitored by nurses 24/7 for 6 months. Also hard to smoke when you have one lung hanging out your mouth and the other trying to become the other half of a matching set (at least that's what it felt like).
I can now even sit next to a smoker and not be bothered or tempted.
Just remember - there's nothing worse than a reformed (_____). Let the fact of your change be your personal victory, but for Gia's sake do not go out and try to convert the remaining smokers. They have it rough enough now what with having to go outside and in alleys just to get their fix.
In closing, I do note that you have not said a word about all the money you are saving by no longer smoking. Is that because you are envolved in some other vice as a replacement? Just wondering.
stay safe.
skidmark