I seriously believe the final step has to be a ferocious, independent determination to do something else with the minutes in which the cravings are present, and never give up on that determination. In the last stages of walking away from the addiction, it has to be without aids, no matter what yu had to do to scale down.

I have been a regular user of nicotine gum, and if the sucking tablets called Commit, and of tobacco. What it takes is doing something else with the time of attack, even if it is just splashing water n your face, taking a few deep breaths or going out to the garage and pounding a nail. It's only about 45 seconds to a minute and a half, and you're good to go until the next wave. That's when you do something else instead of even thinking about nicotine. That's my plan of attack, for the next time I quit smoking.


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