It's not a habit at all...but an addiction. There is the physical addiction and then there is a mental addiction. The mental addiction is the hardest part to quit. I've known people that have quit for 20+ years and still have the memory of "the good part" of smoking...whatever that was to them. They still have cravings and sometime cave to that craving (fall off the wagon, so to speak).

I've said before...I'd quit if [they] could give me a hemi-lobotomy and sever the nerve to the part of my brain that says there is something I like about smoking.

Good news for the future...I've heard there may be a pill coming that will do something similar to my so called hemi-lobotomy. It won't cut the nerves to my brain, but quite possibly block the signals that say I want to smoke. In addition, it is suppose to help you lose some weight in the process. Weight gain is a probability when quitting, so it is a bonus if this "miracle pill" can do what it says.

I don't make excuses for my smoking but I will say this...I am an addict, just like any other addict, addicted to a drug. This drug, known as nicotine, is the most powerful drug I've ever known. For those of you who have never known the addiction...and for those who have quit...cudos to you! For those who simply say to just stop...it's bad for you and disgusting...so just don't do it anymore, I say... you know NOT of what you speak! If it were that simple, don't you think we would take advantage of the simplicity?

Yep! That's what I think!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~