("Jay Beckman" wrote)
I have a very close friend who is a 12-stepper and recovering addict (C/S
for almost 12 years now...God bless him...) who was very involved with a
halfway house for those in similar situations and told me that they had
success getting people off booze, off pills, off coke, off heroin, off
just about anything to which you can become addicted ... except
cigarettes. The only way off nicotine is to just want off.


My oldest sister quit cigs by allowing herself five or six per day. After a
while she was down to three a day. Then two a day. Now she steals a puff or
two (that's it) a couple of times per month. Smokers are funny - Can I have
a drag from your cigarette? Sure, here.

She said if she had to quit-quit-quit she would have failed. Instead, she
99.9973% quit. Works for her. Mom still smokes, Pops quit when I was young -
except cigars. Three oldest siblings smoke, the younger four of us never
started.


Montblack