One year ago today

[Angrboda]

I was really surprised at how easy it was for me to walk away from smoking this time around. I figured I would have had some cravings, but there has been nothing. After 36 years of smoking, and a lot of previous attempts, there wasn't even so much as a struggle with it. Not that I'm complaining, but given my lack of success before, I have been very surprised.

I must confess that my last two times quitting were similarly easy. The first was on Chantix, but the second time I more or less just walked away. I kept nicotine lozenges around to deal with the cravings, but seldom had to use them. I'm at a loss to explain the rather dramatic change. Surely the effect of multiple attempts is somewhat cumulative, but that doesn't seem to explain the sharp drop-off in desire.