I know I should have quit sooner. It is simple and it is doable

Don't we all start to think the same thing of how great it would be to have done this sooner.

I'm pretty excited for you for when those edges start to iron out!

You are doing amazingly well :) 

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Quitting smoking is easy...just nope. Don't take even one puff. However, quitting smoking is complicated. The evil demon manufacturers of cigarettes are working hard to keep addicts addicted...with thousands of chemicals introduced into cigarettes. You may not choose to see this as a political war, or as a socioeconomic war...but it is. You were unable to quit in the past because the cigarette barons were winning the war. They didn't  care if they stepped over your dead body, as long as you gave them 40 to 50 years of daily payment. This is about money. So your freedom is not only about the preciousness of your human life...if is a political act of defiance against those who  counted on your weakness to extort money from you. Do you understand the importance of this victory? It is BIG. Stand tall, be joyful. Realize the battle you have won is a huge victory. You have gone up against Big Demons, and you have won. That makes you a hero. You didn't  simply give up. You gained your life...you came back, and you fought and won this battle. This is possibly the most important year of your life. Yes, it's that BIG. Well done, you.

I'm pretty sure I fell over and curled in a ball a couple of times...but that was the worst of it.  Great posst.