Quitting smoking: Tapering off

[Timewas]

16. 30 years ago

After smoking since I was 13 I decided I needed to quit, there were several good reasons for sure... I was doing about 3 packs a day and a carton was $16 dollars at the time... A friend had attempted a few weeks or so prior to this and happened to have some nicorette gum left from her attempt so I asked her could I have a few pieces, she gave me 5, I used that whenever the desire got overwhelming...they lasted about 3 days then cold turkey.Using corn chips as a substitute seemed to help a lot but keeping busy seemed to be the best thing... It was in fact the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life but I made it and have not had a smoke since... I went from 175 to 205 in about 3 months and until a couple years ago have not had a lot of breathing problems but now I do have COPD and need to use an inhaler quite often... I applaud anyone who quits no matter how hey do it