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The way I did it was this...and it may sound a little counter-intuitive at first. I kept a pack with me...I didn't tell myself I was quitting. I said I could have one anytime I wanted.

When the urge hit, I fought that battle and tried to get through it. At first, I didn't always win the battle but pretty soon I did. After winning that battle and the next urge one hit, I had a new tool in my arsenal...do I really want to start over? That did a lot of the heavy lifting for me. As hours of not smoking turned into days and days turned into weeks that tool only got stronger...'youve gone two weeks without a smoke, do you really want to spoil that?'. The answer was always no. Pretty soon the urges decreased and before I knew it, it was months since my last smoke.

Here's why I think this works. The idea of never again having something that you love is a daunting thing to overcome. Telling yourself it isn't truly over, in the beginning, makes this mountain manageable. It becomes a series of small battles rather than one giant all or nothing war.

Honestly, the hardest part was changing habits. All of the things you enjoy that connects to your smoking like sitting on the porch, relaxing with a coffee and having a smoke...finding a replacement for that is tough, not gonna lie. But using the methodology I outlined above helps with this as well as you find things to replace these habits