Originally Posted by joe_5700

I think if you have a good enough reason to quit drinking or smoking you will succeed. I quit smoking because I was couging a lot at night. I have some sinus issues and smoking was not helping. I did the patch and it was not that difficult. Do I still think about or crave a cig? It has been so long since my last cig (over 2 years ago), that the act of smoking would probably seem foreign. I stopped drinking beer about a month before a duathlon race in June of 2009. I liked the results so much that I have not had a single beer since. The results are very slow, but are noticable over time. I am down 25 pounds from the last beer I drank. It's all about making daily choices and those daily choices will solidify into healthy habits over time.