"I never thought I could do this."
Nor I, Mike. I thought I was weak willed but I was not, I was unschooled. You should be proud. Your pride is in recognizing your achievement. You have overcome your addiction by learning to live with it. I'm not quite sure that is what you expected. You might have thought that to overcome your addiction you would have to suffer greatly or struggle with and wrestle with it constantly. However, by understanding your addiction, you knock it down several notches and it becomes something you can deal with, not because you control it, which we can never do, but because you can live with it. You can examine and understand it.
I am powerless to control my addiction. I will always be addicted to nicotine but I will never take another puff therefore it has no power over me. Celebrate your freedom daily and never lose that enthusiasm.
Joseph
3 years