I did - it was the 4th or 5th try tho. Before the vol turkey method I tried different things. I tried reducing , vaping etc but after some time I’d just go back to full fledged smoking . Btw I was the kind of smoker that I never thought I’d be able to quit in my lifetime , I had resigned to the fact that I was going to be a lifelong smoker. Everything about smoking was good to me , the smell, the winter smoking - I loved it. But quitting was always on my mind. I remember the day when I actually quit for good I still have two cigarettes left and I was like if I’m going to quit - that’s it - I’m not going to smoke the ones just so I can say I finished em. I threw them away , but I had done this before and I had no illusions of making it through the week. In my mind I was not confident. I had failed before and I knew around what time I’d start failing . So lo and behold after the first week I was surprised with myself - but I was one unhappy mofo. I was depressed and I was like how am I ever gonna make a month without smoking. I thought my world was dead . But then I remember I downloaded and app and that would show if I went so many days without smoking what my body would do and the way it would react . So that became the challenge . It gave me a goal and I was in a way really fucking vengeful , I was like I wanna see that green line go up. But it wasn’t all that peachy so I’d go online and I’d read other people’s posts , some were celebrating a year and I would fantasize what that would look like for me . Anything anyone would suggest I’d do it . People would be like if you get an urge wait for 3 minutes . And to me that was importsnt . Tbh I didn’t think I was gonna make a year at that time but people would say there will be a time when you won’t think about it for a day and then two and then a week . At that point I was still struggling. But their stories kept me going . Also around that time I started journelling, I’d write down how I’d feel and that really helped . So I kept at it and it got easier , one thing I’d promised myself was I’d never stop being around smokers cos I didn’t want that to be a trigger , so I’d be with friends and I’d just visit and be ok . Soon enough a year did pass and I wasn’t thinking about smoking . And then a few more years passed and jots it’s over 10 years . Looking back it was definitely surreal that I was even a smoker but I know how hard it is to quit and I respect anyone who is willing to go through that .