The key is to have a little whiskey along with the smokes like Mr. Overton, Winston Churchill, me (not shown) etc....š
Apparently... More addictive than heroin.
I myself have been addicted since I was 14 years old... But I get my fix through cigarettes. Some people say caffeine is addictive too, but I don’t subscribe to that... I was having rapid heartbeats at age 38 which a cardiologist diagnosed as PSVT... He said quit smoking and quit drinking coffee... I quit the coffee with no withdrawal symptoms whatsoever and the PVST disappeared. Didn’t drink a coffee for about 8 years after that before I started up again. But I only have two or three cups a day... Not ten.
Never have quit the smokes... But so far so good... 63 and I’m still relatively healthy. I’m hoping I have my father’s genes... He smoked until the day he died at age 87.
I had pretty strong withdrawals from caffeine- but certainly not as bad as quitting nicotine for sure. T4ied many many years to quit smoking- finally quit... too late. Got copd and emphysema from smoking. But have quit for 11 years now- glad I did. Have saved enough money to buy things like computers, vehicle parts like tires, exhaust, etc, clothes etc. Never could afford any of that when I smoked.
I started at 17. Back then it was ‘Kool’ to smoke Kools. Switched to Marlboro Reds and tried to quit countless times - cold turkey, chewing gum, nicotine gum, patches.... nothing worked (except the 1st 2 weeks of BMT until the TI said “smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em”,).
After 20 years of 2-3 packs a day I woke up one morning and said ‘No more’. Haven’t had one since.
The urge hits once in a while, and I do threaten to start again to lose weight, but I find something to do and take my mind off it.
The key is to have a little whiskey along with the smokes like Mr. Overton, Winston Churchill, me (not shown) etc....š