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I quit smoking about 3 years ago and really never wanted to pick one up again after I made my mind up to quit. I always said if smoking started to affect my health I would stop. 3 years ago I was diagnosed with ITP, had a platelette count of 2 and was bleeding to death. After being tested one day for cancer and the next for HIV (both came up negative) it was decided that I had ITP. I have never touched another cigarette again. It is mind over desire (also I had said a few prayers and had several people praying for me also.)

[SmilingBluEyes]

Here is what I did:

Got involved and fell in love with a committed NON-smoker

Reduced the times and places I could smoke, such as:
No smoking inside house
No smoking in car
No smoking at meal time
No smoking around non-smokers
Only allowed myself to smoke on patio and only in evening

Eventually there were so few times and places I allowed myself to smoke, I was down to one or two a day and just quit.

Cold turkey never did work for me---and I quit before there were patches, gum and was never into hypnosis. I also quit before bans were in effect in most places, so it was a challenge not to light up after dinner. But I made myself hang with non-smokers and simply disallowed myself to smoke with them

In effect, I weaned myself off them and quit.

Hope this helps?