John and nicotine R.I.P. July 15, 2009. I've quit for good. Well, for a long time. I won't say I'll never smoke another cigarette cuz that would kind of suck. But I've smoked around a cigarette a day for the past year and that is something I am stopping. Nicotine is addictive for sure and I understand what the addiction feels like, where exactly it gets you. But we're done now. Force of will always prevails IF the desire to execute the will actually matches. I'm confident enough that I will a hang potential public ignominious reputation in the balance (so many readers of this blog!). Or maybe by declaring my will to the public thousands I embolden said will? No, seriously, it's the former.