Ah, I missed your updates! Glad to see you back in the saddle. It all looks very good and I can totally relate to obsessing less.

I'm wondering if it is not The Power of the Beard that is helping you through the nicotine addiction... Not mysticism but a simply a function of a stronger sense of resolve, confidence in yourself, taking guff from no-one, and certainly not letting a fake cigarette run your life? May the force be with you!