Jacob: A month ago today I quit smoking, can you believe that?
Andrea: Congrats, Jacob!
Thomas: Good! Keep it that way bro.
Andrea: That's very admirable, really
Andrea: I've been in this toxic relationship with cigarettes for 3 years now and tried to quit a few times
Andrea: The longest I could resist smoking was like 2 weeks but it always comes back like a boomerang...
Thomas: I quit after 7 years
Thomas: That was a terrible battle!
Andrea: How did you manage to do that after all that time?!
Thomas: It was a combination of a good strategy and the power of will
Jacob: I think I know what you mean
Jacob: Was it like reducing the amount of cigarettes periodically?
Thomas: Something like that plus trying to draw attention from any thought urging me to reach for a cig
Andrea: It seems so simple but once you try, you realize that it's not that easy :/
Thomas: True. But look, Andrea, Jacob has taken the bull by the horns and succeeded
Jacob: Thanks Thomas, at least I'm trying.
Jacob: But sometimes it's extremely hard to resist temptation...
Thomas: Yes, definitely. Especially at the initial stage of the process
Andrea: But you know guys, all that you've written here so far feels like kind of motivation for me, as strange as it may sound
Andrea: Because, you know... If you two could, why can't I?
Jacob: Of course, you should try again!
Thomas: Don't you even hesitate. Just think to yourself in this way:
Thomas: This is a little awful cigarette, every time I light it up it kills me, it smells bad to me and to others, more money is lost and actually it holds power over me. Why would I be a slave of a small shitty thing like that? I'm strong enough to resist it, I'm bigger than that!
Andrea: All right! I just need to keep convincing myself that I'm bigger than that!
Thomas: Just be consistent in doing so :)
Jacob: And buy a lot of sweets, you'll need them. At the beginning at least :D
Thomas: Right, they can soften the shock after quitting smoking.
Andrea: Thank you so much guys! 
Andrea: So... This seems to be the first day of the rest of my life :D
Andrea: And Jacob... Gratz again!
Jacob quit smoking a month ago. Thomas quit a long time ago and confirms it is a difficult battle. Andrea wants to stop and feels motivated by her friends words.