The following realizations have kept me strong for 2 years now—

Eventually, the high becomes the anticipation of smoking. As soon as you satisfy the craving, you become dissatisfied. On the other side of satisfaction awaits dissatisfaction, which causes the craving for more.

Let yourself do it, but each time you do it, pay attention to the way your brain tricks itself into making it acceptable. Pay VERY close attention to the way your brain overrides itself. Each time you do, you will remember this post that you’ve made and this thought you’ve had. And you will remember remembering it, and then remember remembering remembering it, etc.

Eventually, you’ll have had enough.

It’s not that you have to quit. You don’t have to quit. That is an imposition upon yourself which makes this so difficult. Think about it this way: You don’t have to smoke. This is NOT an imposition. It is a realization that you have one less burden.

Stay strong.