I quit on the 11th. April 11th. I need to know I am not alone. My circumstance is different than most. It's easer in some ways. I run. It's harder in some ways. There's no one to talk to. No one knows the athlete smokes. Duh...He'res my main thought. I don't want to be the ex smoker. They think about how they wish they had that cigarette. I don'twant to be the smoker, they think about when they will have that next cigarette. I want to be the non smoker. They don't think about smoking. If no one ever said to us, it's hard to quit, how hard would it be? What if they always told us it was easy, instead of hard? Would it be easy? Remember when you first smoked? It was HARD TO SMOKE! Smelly, cough, dizzy. I smelled that stupid black and mild and now I am thinking about it. I am NOT GOING TO SMOKE EVER AGAIN! I want to win that race! I want the big trophy. I want to breeze over the finish line easy, no wheezing. Am I annoying or what? I have a granddaughter. I want to see her grow up. I want her to not think it's okay to smoke. I told her I quit. She said. "Good NAN! I don't want you to smoke. She's running the one mile race in June. It's her first race. That will mean I have to run 4.11 miles, her 1 mile and my 3.11. That will be a first. A first for the two of us. Her first race, my first four mile race and WITHOUT THAT MONKEY>I want to be her mentor to NOT smoke. If I smoke, the likelihood of her smoking is 50%. Two smoker families children, most smoke... Chantix. It takes the thought away. I have smoked for 35 years. Whenever I quit in the past, I always thought about it. The Chantix takes the thought away. It really does. I run and bike and go to the gym. That hlps too. If you're at the gym, you can't smoke. I am living on the trails, the road, my bicycle and at the gym. That stupid Black and Mild. It won't win...not this time! Get the book "The Esy way to quit smoking" By Alan Carr. Get the CD by Kevin Trudeau stop smoking. They help too. If you don't get the book or the CD, at least try the Chantix. It takes about two and a half weeks to really block the thoughts.