[prairiebreeze]

I quit smoking in 1982--cold turkey, without medical intervention and before patches etc. It was very very hard. But I did it mostly because I was ready to and had made my mind up to quit.

I remember how much better food tasted after about 4 days. Amazing! I also remember needing to find something to do with my hands to replace the tactile aspect of smoking like tapping cigarettes, lighting up, holding a cig etc. Even silly activities like pasting those little round page reinforcements to a piece of paper in patterns sometimes,...anything to take the edge off.

Lastly, I can say without any hesitation that I'm so glad I quit. And even if a person tries and fails, they should KEEP TRYING!

Prairie

[gcruse]

I quit smoking in 1982--cold turkey, without medical intervention and before patches etc. It was very very hard. But I did it mostly because I was ready to and had made my mind up to quit.

I quit cold turkey about the same time.  I found, odd as it sounds, that I could only quit by carrying an open partial pack of cigarettes around with me for a while.  It was easier to deny myself the physical action of reaching into my pocket than it was to be thinking constantly about something that was not there.