Oh Evelyn I am so very glad you are here! :)
2 months ago I quit cold turkey, I didn't plan it, I just decided to quit smoking..out of the blue, just because I didn't feel well that day. I spend my first day in bed with a cold and haven't smoked every since.
I had an easy quit so far and I always wonder why? Why do some suffer so much and my quit just felt like a walk in the park. I had 3 or 4 tough days, but nothing dramatic compared to so many others. So what makes me so special? Nothing! It's a mindset.
I believe you really have to want it. I started to dislike my habit around 2 years ago. I could feel my age, I didn't like the cough and so many other things. It started to bother me more and more and I thought about my future. I told people that I would quit one day. I didn't know how or when, I just knew I would. I although knew I would quit cold turkey, no help from nothing. Mainly because I watched people around me with the patch, the gum and other stuff and they all still smoke.
After 35 years I put them out.....and will never smoke one again. I am done smoking. There is not a cigarette left that I could want, I had them all...no reason to miss one!
If I can do it................so can you! I wish I could hug you right now, I could use a hug myself!