When some people in relationships split up, they not only end up hating the other person (hardly surprising), but they also con themselves into believing they never did like the other person. This may help soothe your anger,or guilt, but it's not very honest or grown up(face it, there were good times to start with).
      Similarly the average nicotine giver-upper wanders about saying cigarettes are horrible, wicked killing things, sold by evil profiteers-of-death, filthy vile,train yourself to remember the smell of an ashtray etc etc blah blah. Well, I think youre fooling yourselves, and it wont necessarily help you keep on the straight and narrow.
   Now, I gave up 12 days ago, but I know damn well that what I've given up is the valued companionship of an old friend of decades standing. An old friend who shared all my little triumphs, the convivivial moments, the old pubs, the reaching of mountain summits, the pleasurable intimacies (well, maybe a couple of minutes after those). And an old friend who helped me in times of difficulty and worry and misery. Why deny all this?? Tobacco'been a good buddy to me. But it can kill you, and I've said goodbye. But I'm not going to pretend it's without regrets. After all, if tobacco was so bloody awful it wouldnt be too hard to give up, would it? Let's face it,tobacco is great, so it's as well to remember that.