[svs]

Quitting smoking is about practice. Keep quitting and do it sincerely. Eventually you will learn how to quit.

The trick is to avoid the "F* it" mentality. After yet another failed attempt, it's easy to say f* it and go back to smoker mode instead of staying in quitting mode.

Quitting is not something that just happens. It takes years to quit. Nicotine rewires your brain to the point where you identify as a smoker. Deprogramming that is a lot of effort. Therefore quit as often as you need to. As long as you do it sincerely, eventually it sticks.

Allen Carr's book is also very nice. It is a mild hypnosis, repeating the same four things over and over again until they become as ingrained as the habit, so read it cover to cover and don't stop half way through

Also, every time you smoke, focus on the bad things about smoking - the smell, the taste, the cancer.....

Good luck.

[vixen99]

Alan Carr's book finally worked with a friend who'd failed twice before.