As several folks have stated the amount of success is directly related to your desire to quit.

I used the patches and they helped a lot. The thing you need to be prepared for is that nicotine is similar to alcoholism in that it is will remain a "one day at a time" battle from now on. It does of course get easier. It requires a lot of other changes too to be successful, you have to replace your thought patterns and actions with new ones that will eventually become second nature just like smoking has become. On the day I quit I got rid of all my ashtrays in the house. I found a lot of freedoms in not smoking that I didn't even realize would be a benifit.We don't think about how many of our daily plans are tied into smoking related planning until it is gone.

If you take alcohol away from the alcoholic and replace it with nothing you have an unhappy alcoholic on your hands who most likely will drink again. The actions, thoughts and habits need to be replaced with different ones, preferrably healthier ones.

It only takes one drink to set up the craving and the same applies to smoking.

I decided that I would not turn into an "anti smoking" millitant and so far I haven't. When I am asked at a restaurant if I want smoking or non, I always tell them it doesn't make any difference and it plumb confuses the hell out of 95% of all host staff.

With all that said, I must admit that I got caught up in the  Cigar fad that cropped up a few years ago, not inhailling and all that.I quickly learned that my pocket book couldn't handle that habit so I switched and still today smoke a pipe.

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