My personal experience about stopping alcohol and tobacco:
After forty years of heavy drinking, I stopped suddenly after a moderate heart attack. It was 15 years ago. Since then I don't drink except maybe a glass of champagne on special occasions, a few times a year. The addiction is definitely over.
Quitting smoking has not been so easy. It took me over three months of heavy frustration using nicotine patches and gum before the urge to smoke subsided. I have never smoked since and I have regained my sense of smell although my lung capacity is reduced forever, the damage is done as my doctor says.
I'm now 74 and continue to enjoy life and women, with moderation...
