1 day, 15 hours without a cigarette !!

At 9am on Wednesday I had a tooth extracted. I have not smoked a cigarette since. The main reason is fear of a "dry socket" which is supposed to be quite painful. I am on nicotine patches and I am surprised I don't feel more like a smoke than I do. To think with the help of nicotine patches and or nicotine gum I could have given up smoking 5, 10, 15 or 20 years ago !! Since June 1984, when I was 21, I have smoked about 99.9% of days since then. Almost 34 years of daily smoking.

I am 55 now. Since 40, about 15 plus years ago, I have had many, many periods of time alcohol free.

Gambling was never a problem for me.

When I was younger I tried most illegal drugs without getting addicted to them, like I got addicted to alcohol and tobacco.

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