I smoked for 18 years. I quit smoking over 17 years ago (Mar 08 will be 18).
I quit after 5 days of no smoking. Never had the urge again even with many a smoky Gasthaus. In fact, it reinforced the fact that I did n't need it anymore.
I would quit the gum also since you are keeping the flame alive that way and making the company even richer.....just my thoughts.
Also, want to do yourself another GREAT favor? I put the numbers to gether for my granddaughter and her husband once. I can't remember them verbatim, but if you saved what you smoked at 1 pack per day (say $4.00), you'd save $1460 per year. At the end of 20 years you'd have $29,200. Now we all know that's not going to happen. The price of cigs are going to raise even higher almost every year, plus there's compounded interest. I'd put a conservative number on it at over $40,000 in 20 years.
My point is you have been putting that in your budget while you smoked. Don't steal from Peter to pay Paul (spend it elsewhere), pay yourself first. Put that same amount of $$$ away in the bank as a reward for the future.
And if you smoke 2 packs a day you can double that...
In the case of my gd I said $80k since they both smoke.
Good luck and hang in there. It's all worth it.
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