So i'm trying to quit smoking.

[Agmen of Eladesor]

Look at your thread title: "So I'm trying to quit smoking" ...might as well've called a do-over right there.

On the bottom line, people who try to quit are people who simply aren't ready to quit.

There is no try, there is only do.

This is basically the same as when someone says, "I'd like to thank you for helping me." My response is, okay, then why don't you do so? Instead of just liking to do so? Yes, it's commonly spoken this way, but that still doesn't mean that it's correct to do so. Simply say, "Thank you for helping me."

It's all a part of intent and shaping things by seeing them as completed. In this case, instead of saying "I'm trying to quit smoking" - which conveys, as Marburg says, that all you're committed to do is trying, you need to say, "I'm quitting smoking", which shows you're committed to quitting. It's a small, but vital difference.

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Oh god... The end of days... Agmen agreed with me.