Hey Obozo! You’re nearly 23 years too late for me. I gave up cigarettes 23 years ago this coming January. And, unlike you, when I quit, I quit. I also did NOT use any stop-smoking products. I just quit - cold turkey.
I gave up smoking a few years ago on May 13, 2008. I am planning on starting again when I turn eighty. So I have that to look forward to. I hope they still make cigarettes, I really miss smoking!
Cold turkey as well!
January 2003 for me — and not even a puff-in-secret since then.
I do think of all the tax money the government isn’t getting — kids suffering because of lesser money to education, etc., as I sit in the nice cushy recliner and watch the LCD TV while surfing FR on my new Laptop.
When I quit, a regular brand cost about $40/carton. Now, they are about $70/carton. I would smoke 3 cartons per month, so I figure I am saving about $2000 per year. Thus, I don’t feel guilty about splurging occasionally from the money I am saving by not buying cigs any more.
That must have been rough.