He most likely omitted actual time for the sake of getting the point across that his grandfather in fact stopped, and that you can hold an addiction if you have a strong authentic desire to do so and go out and actually do it. It won't be easy, true, yet that's where willpower counts for the most.
My own grandfather who smoked for years ended up quitting several months after I was born. It took him several months in total to kick the habit, not an overnight quickie, but he did it. It was out of the pleas from my mom, her sist... (
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2008/11/19 10:07
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Raz in this moment and time.