GIXERHP, I wish you success with your quit, it is doable even if you don't think or feel that it is. I think it's far more difficult for those of us that have an addictive personality such as myself. Both the act of smoking and the chemical functionality that occurs after long term smoking just becomes "the norm" for your mind and body, it becomes ingrained into the thought process, it becomes a coping mechanism and it even becomes a reward system. For me personally my quiting felt like the most unnatural thing I could do to my mind and body at the time, I literally felt like I was gonna lose it early on (go insane), seriously! I was a total mental basket case for quite some time. The easiest of tasks such as sitting down in front of the computer to design a logo or sign layout sent me into a mental turmoil, just total mental confusion which resulted in great physical frusration & irritability. I thought that if this is what it's gonna be like then I just might as well smoke. I think I stuck it out just out of sheer stubornness, I figured that at 50 years of age it was time I did something intelligent. Not to mention at the time there were people near my age droping dead all around me from smoking related illnesses, ever watch someone leave the hospital after having a massive heart attack and resume their two pack a day habit? Ever watch someone with COPD/emphysema struggle to breath while on oxygen and still suck on Marlboro reds? However sad it was to watch friends/neighbors go through this it provided me with a bit more determination to stay stopped. Three and a half years smoke free for me now and I'm pretty confident that I'll not ever pick it up again, however difficult it got at times I just had to remind myself that at one time being a non smoker was the norm and if I stay stopped eventually that will become the norm again. Good luck man, you can do it!
its not easy
. Good luck to you John i hope you quit! 
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