After 53 years of smoking I finally decided to quit. No nicotine now for 775 days and reading some stories from those just quit I can empathise. I knew deep down at aged 67 that this could be my last opportunity to quit but the initial cravings seemed unbearable. I drank copious amounts of strong sweet coffee ☕️ and ate chocolate eclairs to ease the pain. This worked for me as I went cold turkey 🦃. The first few months were a roller coaster ride of crazy 😜 emotions but I stuck with it. There were and are people here who helped me on my way. The cravings did diminish and now there are none. Looking back I now realise the main reason for the current success is total determination. Without this I believe nothing will work. Having said that the support of others on this site has been without doubt a tremendous help knowing that they had been on similar journeys.