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I also drove with an incense stick burning from my now unused ashtray.

For months, I read every single stinking article on www.whyquit.com, which helped me develop the right attitude. This was the most helpful thing I did and it still helps me. I highly recommend it. My favorite points are that smokers are constantly in a state of physical withdrawal and that you can end that withdrawal forever with just 3 days of detox. After that, it can never come back to haunt you as long as you don't reintroduce nicotine into your system. Just don't smoke. Ever. It's actually that simple.

I also was given this healing frequency number by my flighty Eastern Religions teacher: 58587635. I used a sharpie and wrote it on my left inside wrist towards the heart in dots like this:
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A lot of people asked me if it was a tattoo and said it looked really cool. I also memorized it and repeated it silently or aloud whenever I had a craving. I still do this occasionally but I'm pretty much over it. Now when I want a cigarette I usually just reach for the pipe. Whether you believe in the healing frequency thing or not, this is still a great distraction for the craving mind. Did I mention that it looks really cool?

Getting an email from a friend two days before I was supposed to quit also really helped. She just suddenly decided not to smoke anymore and then didn't. I enlarged the message and hung it up on my mirror for inspiration.

I also went through a little bit of a mourning phase and some mild shock. I really missed my habit because it was such a huge part of my identity. I still internally identify myself as a smoker and it is sometimes still work to accept that I am actually a nonsmoker now. I mean, I was a smoker's smoker! I loved smoking and I chain smoked. I smoked more than just about anyone I knew. So yes, there's a little part of me that actually feels like I should be smoking but it is pretty easy to laugh that off. Oddly, the only twinge I ever get these days is when I see the label of the package of one of the brands I used to smoke. Powerful advertising, indeed.

Just remember, it is a fight for control between you and nicotine and it is easier to win than you think. You are smarter than nicotine. No contest.

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