Anyone quit smoking successfully? Need aspiration so badly. Three days sober.

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Yes I quit. Stay indoors for three more days. Do not go outside until Monday.

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I quit alcohol and tobacco in the same year. Best health decision I ever made.

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Did you come this far to only come this far?

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Haven't had a cigarette since August 2012. Used to smoke a pack of Marlboro Lights a day. It's hard to do but totally worth it.

keep it up!

I have not read it, but someone was raving about Allen Carr’s Stop Smoking book to me just yesterday

Did the nicotine patch. Doubled the time they recommended for each phased but just hit 5 years in March

stick with it. it's the very best thing you can do for yourself. it's much harder to give up dairy than cigarettes.

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