My mother smoked until her mid 40's before she quit. Her motivation was her dad who had quit also. She said if he could it she could too. When she did quit it was cold turkey. The only time she's had the desire to smoke was when my father died 10 years ago. Of course she resisted the urge as she knew lighting one up would have her smoking again.
She gets the smoking dreams from time to time but has no desire to start agin. In fact she now loathes the smell and doesn't want to be around it. She also has asthma which is another thing that keeps her from starting up again. In addition it was the psycological aspect of smoking she found that made quitting difficult. Once you're done with getting the nicotine out of your system all the things you did daily made it difficult. Like a smoke with a drink or cup of coffee and after a meal of course.
On the other side of the coin a lady friend of mine who died recently from breast cancer could never stop. She quit on 3 or 4 different occassions but always started up again. The longest she quit was 3 years. Her biggest problem was she loved smoking as it helped her relax and when she did quit on those 4 occassions it was always because she had to and not because she wanted too. The message I got from her is you have to want to quit or it won't work.
Congrats on your efforts VANFLAMESFAN and don't give in to the cravings
