Friday will make it two years since I quit, I used nicotine lozenges for the first year, as many as I needed whenever I needed them, I gave myself permission to use them for the rest of my life if it came to that.
The two year point seems like it has taken forever to get here, after friday I will be in uncharted territory, I have quit for up to two years three times before this time, once in my teens, once in my twenties and then in my early thirties and now this time.
I know I am done smoking, the habit/ritual was broken within two months of quitting, the chemical dependence was gone about a week or so after I stopped using the lozenges.
One thing that surprised me, I always thought it was lack of nicotine that made me aggitated and aggressive while I was quitting, this is not the case, I really am an aggressive volatile person, I was blaming it on the nicotine when the nicotine was really only masking the problem by sedating me.
Now almost two years after quitting I am fully aware of my temper and mostly in control of it....... mostly.
You can quit, if you start again, then quit again, they say peeps quit a few times before it sticks, the secret is DONT QUIT QUITTING!:thumbsup: