[notdang]

I smoked for many years, then one day just quit smoking, without any reason.

Did not smoke for more than 10 years, until a major disaster hit my life and I started to heavily smoke again.

So yes, it seems that there is a switch.

[9dev]

Oof. I’m in the same boat as your younger self, but two years in. I simply slept bad one night, thinking to myself that I love life way too much to actively work on a sooner death than necessary. Next day I quit, never looking back. I can drink without even thinking about it.

I just hope disaster won’t strike me, or hit me as heavy, as it did you.

I hope things have turned to the better for you!

[coldtea]

>So yes, it seems that there is a switch.

There wasn't any "switch" based on prior smoking the first time you took up smoking.

So, I'd say, smoking again just means it's not impossible to start again. But why would somebody think it is?

The concept of the "switch" doesn't add much.