Here’s how I did it (1 week without a sig – w00t!):

• Buy or steal a couple of packs of Nicorette gum.  Store-brands works fine as well and can be cheaper.
• Leave one pack in a drawer at work and one at home – and then forget about it.
• Wait until a day you don’t feel 100%.  A slight cold or a soar throat is perfect.
• Say “F*ck it, I’m quitting” or something along those lines. Don’t announce it to anybody.
• Quit smoking &  start chewing
• The first few days, avoid beer, wine, pubs, restaurants, friends, sex or situations where you risk feeling creative and/or stressed out.   I’ve always had cravings when I feel overly creative (music production, etc).
• That’s it.  Works like a charm.

Forget about “Formulating Goals”, “Plan ahead”, “Change your habits”, etc.  As I see it, this only causes more stress and you don’t need that shit the first weeks anyway.  Just quit and chew and try not to kill anybody in the process.

I’ve done this one time before, and it worked great.  I stopped smoking for well over a year.  The mistake I made was that I thought I could become a “social smoker”.  I can’t.

… oh and don’t blog about it.

I’ll report back next week regarding this project, regardless of how it goes.

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