Why is stopping smoking so damn hard?

Question by Alain Suggar: Why is stopping smoking so damn hard?
I recovered from heroin and crack cocaine addiction a few years ago. One day I just decided to stop and go cold turkey (It was getting far too expensive). I suffered minor withdrawal, restlessness and cravings which seeing as I was a very heavy user, I considered lucky. Recently I decided to give up smoking too. Seeing as I stopped using hard drugs relatively easily, I thought stopping smoking would be a breeze. How wrong I was. The cravings are driving me insane, and even when not craving, the urge to just light up out of habit is so intense. So far I have not managed to stop as I still have to have a few puffs of a cigarette now and again to kill these insane cravings. I have not yet tried nicotine replacement treatments, and am wondering if it would be worth doing so. There’s something about beating it without help that would make it more meaningful in my mind though. Any quitters out there that can offer me some useful advice and also why it is so hard when other addictions have been easy for me to quit?

Best answer:

Answer by Tofu Fool
nicotine is addictive
where do you get your crack
jk

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