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Originally Posted by Marco Polo  Not once in my life have I seen someone say "I will quit smoking completely" and then proceed to actually do it. Everyone I know of who succeeded did it in small steps, cutting down GRADUALLY over time. A sudden stop is too much for most people to handle psychologically. | Like Rose, my experience is that the people around me who have successfully quit did so cold turkey.
BTW, I realise you were talking in the past tense, but far better than "I will quit smoking completely is "I have quit smoking completely" - or better yet "I am a non-smoker". Puts your mental focus on your new identity as a non-smoker.
JWZ, welcome to the ranks of we non-smokers. 
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Last edited by Keith : 04-06-2008 at 09:37 PM.
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