Rick, I don't know, maybe it does help to talk about it. I'm about to hit six months, and I smoked 'em for practically 40 years. My major problem (and the reason I'm not really saving all that money) is that I'm eating more and putting on weight. And I've been a skinny kid all of my life! This part of the deal might be harder than giving up the smokes! No matter what somebody said earlier, munching on salads don't cut it...gets tiresome really fast. I now eat breakfast every day, and I never did at all....coffee only, until lunch. It's a big problem. I like not being winded when walking, I like singing in G occasionally, and I really LOVE not coughing (which is basically why I quit in the first place), but...I miss smoking a whole lot. I like going outside to the patio for a break, I like being away from the crowd, I like being different from most of the people at a gathering, I like the camaraderie of other smokers ("defiantly different" types), and I honestly don't trust people who claim to have no bad habits (I think they're hiding something that's probably worse than smoking). And I'm pissed at the fact that I've gotten old enough that I actually have to pay attention to things like whether I smoke, or if I eat too much. There...I got it all off my chest. Somehow, I don't have a problem abstaining- simply because I have said I QUIT, and that means I QUIT. I mostly need to get a handle on the eating cross-addiction, and I need to not be so angry at myself because I'm now one of THEM (non-smokers....many of whom are self-righteous and obnoxious about it). And I can no longer squeeze the filter flat and stick it between the fifth string and the peghead of the D-28, which is perfect when you're playing the blues. OK, I feel somewhat better, I guess.