How did you deal with quitting smoking if you ever went through it?

[fueledbythc]

I went cold turkey and I'm 9 days in. Last week was hard for me. What are some good ways to cope with it?

[fuqthegovt]

Keep mentally busy, but avoid triggers (things that make you want to smoke). And whatever you do in a year or 2 don't think you can be a "casual social smoker" and just smoke 1 or 2 when at a bar or out with buddies. You will have to go through hell all over again. I quit the 2nd time September 8 2005. It gets easier after a couple months with the occasional craving that comes and goes for about a year (after smoking a pack a day for 13 years prior, $4 a pack was getting to be a waste of money).

[fueledbythc]

I tried being a casual smoker a year and a half after quitting and I relapsed. Quitting this time I have a lot of motivation and it's a lot different than last time. I learned my lesson.

[Phoenix98]

It wouldn't be hard at all lol but I don't want to lol.