To be completely honest, I had no goal. Didn't even expect to make it one day. I did though and so can all you newbies and lurkers. It wasn't nearly as hard as I made it out to be either. Quitting really can change your life in more ways than you expect. I couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without wheezing. The doctor said, not only do you have asthma, but stage one COPD, quit now. I'm not ready, I said as I breathed in medicine with a nebulizer. Long story short, I quit without losing my mind. Stopped COPD dead in it's tracks and gained the ability to breathe back. I traded smoking for spinning. I push my lungs every day intentionally and they are getting stronger. Proven with spirometry tests. The only thing I lost was that horrible cough that never went away. If I can do it, anyone can :) Smoking? What WAS I thinking?!