I have been quit for a bit over a month now. I was a pack and a half a day smoker for 22 years. I love it. I can breathe great and most of the time I dont
even think about it. I have however, avoided other smokers. I was afraid that being around their smoking would cause a serious crave that would send me
back to smoking. I broke that barrier today and I miss smoking even less now. I always realized that I planned and prioritized my day around cigarettes,
but I never saw it from the outside before. What an enslaving way to live. My brother and I took our children to a Science Museum. I watched my brother
crave a cigarette for most of the day, and break for the doors every time he saw an enterance to the outside so he could stand in the rain and smoke. I
watched him light one up within seconds of leaving and chain smoke all the way to the train station. I saw him unable to just sit and relax and wait 20
minutes for the train to arrive, and hunt up a place to smoke. I never want to go back to that.

