I look at it from the standpoint that I smoked almost 40 cigarettes a day, everyday, for almost 10 years. Having only 2 or 3 a day now is a HUGE accomplishment. I know it is bad for me, and I use alot of visualization techniques like imagining toxic smoke entering my body with every puff. That seems to help sometimes when I see someone else smoking and wish I had one too. But it is still a daily battle.
Cravings come out of nowhere, and they are so hard to fight sometimes.
But I am committed to quitting. My greatest fear is still being a smoker when I am 50 yrs old, and not being able to quit because smoking has been by my side my entire life. That keeps me motivated to stop now. Thanks for your e-mails, they have been a help to me. This is my quit smoking story.