I was a smoker (20 cigs a day, 6 or 7 years). And suddenly I decided to give up smoking. I like this story :)
It was a shady working day in February 2014 (winter in Saint-Petersburg, Russia is usually disgusting, wet and all gray), I was sitting in office thinking about things I’d like to change in my life. Surprisingly the only thing I could come up with was to give up smoking. So I gave away all the cigarettes I had to my colleagues explaining them nothing and decided that I’m not a smoker. That’s it!
I can’t say that it was a chemical or physiological addiction. It was psychological addiction only. To cope with it I bought green tea in the local shop and every time I had a feeling that I would like to smoke a cigarette I drank a cup of green tea instead.
Nearly two and a half years have passed. Surely my health is better now as well as my results in sports.
Moreover now I can afford myself a couple of cigars or hookah once a month and I don’t feel necessity to get some nicotine after that.
P.S. Saving money is also a nice bounty :)