Originally Posted by
Awesome1228
Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. Addiction is not all about a physical dependence, there is far more to it than that. For a lot of people, it is situational. Smoke after a meal, smoke while drinking, smoke at fish camp, whatever. Those habits trigger the physical addiction. Maybe not in everyone, and a lot of it may be mental, but it is still there.
My personal experience with quitting has a lot to do with the oral or hand-to-mouth aspect. I smoked for 6 years as a dumb kid, and I quit 17 years, 6 months and 10 days ago. Side note, where the hell does the time go? I will be 40 this year and have no idea how I got here. Anyway, when I quit, there was no such thing as E cigs. I substituted other hand-to-mouth activities to slowly break the habit. I mean, I quit cigarettes cold turkey, pitched a half-smoked cig over the balcony railing, threw away the rest of the pack and never smoked again, but the habitual side was much more gradual. I always had a handful of toothpicks in my pocket. The cinnamon flavor ones rock, by the way. I ate a boat load of sunflower seeds. I licked a lot of tootsie pops. I doubt I would have been able to quit cold turkey if I hadn't addressed the habits that were part of the smoking routine. I quit playing pool for a while, cause I always wanted a smoke. I didn't drink for six months.
Blah, Blah, Blah. Nobody wants to here other peoples "I quit, you can too" stories. My point is that the habits that come along with smoking need to be addressed when you want to quit smoking. You alter those habits a little, fill the void that cigs used to fill, and you may just have an easier time. If e cigs help, have at it.
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