Is It Possible to Stop Smoking?

Prior to his stroke, and during my twenties, i was addicted to menthal tobacco. For this reason, i am intimately familiar with the stories we tell ourselves about why we are engaging in these destructive behaviors. My favorite excuse for smoking was that cigarettes slowed my brain down enough so i cold type as quickly as i could think. Yet even now, over 30 years later, that addiction is so ingrained in my brain that i occasionally find myself smoking in my dreams. I want to emphasize that i understand completely that adiction, at the level of our brain, is a powerful and devastating condition.