tapering (again) off vics. is it anything like quitting smoking?

[againnot]

So, here I am, for the probably 4th time tapering off a 8-10/day hydro habit.  
I am wondering...is this anything like quitting smoking?  I smoked for 23 years, and could not imagine life without my "best friends", my cigarettes.  I mean...what would I do when the phone rang, when I got in the car, after I was done eating, when I went out, sat next to the pool, etc etc.  I remember thinking how will I EVER ENJOY life again without my cigarettes.  But, my fear of cancer, emphaysima, won.  I quit with the help of the patches, and chewed on straws for a least a year! I vividly remember craving a cig even after months of not having one.  And now, after 11 years of not smoking, I don't even want one, ever.  I DO know, however, that IF I even had ONE cig, it would rapidly turn into my 2 pack a day habit very quickly.
So....is getting off the drugs kinda like that?  I mean, is there anyone that would argue that after they take their vicodin, that they don't feel calm, energetic...aside from what I know about the dangers of the drug.  For instance, I've never met a smoker that said they didn't like their cigs.
Do you all think the vicodins, or whatever your DOC is, is kind of like that?  
I hope this analogy doesn't sound stupid.  

[worried878]

i have also done both...some similarities for me..the habit part..wanting them under stress, feeling like u gotta have em...when i smoked i always made sure i had enuf before i went home...smoking cessation was not easy for me and i am still addicted to the mints...go figure....everyone is different but to me they r both tought

[mr.lucky66]

Having quit both, narcotics and smokings, they are a lot different. When you quit dope and it's all out of you for the first time, you feel bad or sick. You don't feel like that at all when stopping smoking. You get nagging cravings and it can suck but it's not like dope. I do think that smoking is an addiction and all addictions are interconnected. With some of the new drugs like chantix, it's easier.

[TrayCee]

quitting smoking is a breeze compared to opiate withdrawls, Good Luck!