A few years ago I would have been in your club. I was an addict but I really enjoyed my cigarettes. Unfortunately, after smoking for over 40 years, it started to make me ill and I realised that if I didn't stop I was just going to get worse and worse. I actually stopped during a bout of smoking-related illness - I was too poorly to smoke - and when I got better I realised I'd got through all the withdrawal symptoms and hardly noticed, so I stayed stopped.
I still fancy a smoke every now and then. It's not the nicotine I miss, it's the act of smoking. However I know I am just like an alcoholic is with booze and I know that 1 cigarette would immediately put me back on 30 a day. I don't mind if you smoke, though, but not in my house - the smell would make me desperate to join you.
