Joel,

 

I would like to add three real world examples to the hundreds of Cold Turkey / abrupt and complete cessation Success Storeis that have been recorded in WhyQuit's Turkey's Triumphs.

 

My mother smoked cigarettes for over 40 years and stopped smoking by refusing to allow nicotine to re-enter her body.  Abrupt Cessation followed by Complete Abstinence.  The last 10 years of her life were lived comfortably nicotine clean.

 

I smoked tobacco for over 80% of my lifetime, more than 40 of my 49 years, but stopped smoking after I became educated about nicotine addiction January 10, 2005.  My recovery education gained at WhyQuit.com & FreedomFromTobaccoQuitSmokingNow forum greatly eased my transition from active nicotine addict to nicotine addict in remission and recovery.  I am a comfortable ex-smoker who has no want or need to ever take another portion of nicotine in any form.

 

My experience of the last year nicotine free served as example for my 88 year-old father who never 'quit' nor attempted to completely cease ingesting tobacco for over 75 years until June 20, 2005.  He is now a comfortable 'ex-smoker' or former smoker, whichever term suits you.

 

How did we and every other former smoker I have ever met succeed?  We simply changed our actions and quit smoking tobacco.  We removed nicotine from our blood serum chemistry.  We know The Law of Addiction has no exceptions.

 

To Quit Smoking you need to .....do just that.....  Quit Smoking.  Permanantly. 

 

Why?  Because the Root Cause of tobacco smoking is the need to ingest nicotine to satisfy the urges and anxiety created by addictive withdrawal.  It is a never ceasing cycle of need, feed withdraw..... on and on and on.  Until you permanently sever the cycle you cannot break free of the Junkie Jail.  Nicotine in any form simply perpetuates the cycle of addiction.

 

Joe