Rob555

After several years of smoking several times a day, I want to keep my smoking down to 2-3 days a week. My main motivations are not wanting to feel uncomfortable on the days I don't smoke, and saving some cash of course.

I stopped smoking completely for over 2 months, without much problem after the first few days. As soon as I started back, I was up to every day smoking fairly quickly (although not back to the 3-7 times a day like before). Took another couple weeks off, no problems.

So my goal is to smoke on the weekends (preferably not more than once a day), and maybe once during the week for 'special occasions' (going to see bands, having a friend over to the house, etc.). Problem is I get the craving in between. In fact, knowing that I don't intend to smoke on a certain day will make me crave smoking earlier in the day than I would even smoke if it were a "smoking day."

I've noticed a lot of folks here that say they only smoke a couple times a week. Who's got some advice for getting to that level and staying there? I have enough will-power that I can make myself resist those urges, but I'd rather -not have- the urges to smoke in the first place. I realized Tip #1 today for when I don't want to smoke: don't drink so much coffee! Anybody got ideas?

Sloan