Smoking cravings..

[neatbik]

Its been over a year since i quit, why the fuck am i craving fags again all of a sudden? Does it ever get any easier?

[scorps]

probably but ive never got as far as you so cant make any real contribution to your query, shall I just shut up and go now?
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[D O G]

Have one, you'll remember how rancid they are.

[Ariel Badger]

Do not have one, you will remember how rancid they are but you will still buy a packet (a ten not a twenty) as you are an addict. The next day you will buy a twenty because it is the weekend and you will stop on Monday but the twenty runs out on Sunday so you buy a ten pack and smoke them until Tuesday......... I have been there.
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[Paulington]

Hey Beatnck.

I think it's just dependant on the person..

My grandparents gave up smoking ~14 years ago and haven't touched a fag since, not even the slightest craving. My parents gave up smoking ~10 years ago, maybe a bit more, and even now my Mother will occasionally say "Hmm, a cigarette would be nice after that meal" or something along those lines.

So, some people get craving randomly for ages and ages, some just don't at all, the most important thing? Never ever put a cigarette in or near your mouth ever again and avoid smokers if you can, it's not worth starting again.

Personally? I have never smoked in my life, not a single drag on a cigarette, nothing. Everyone I have ever met whom are smokers have told me that that's fantastic and that, quite simply, they regret starting smoking, I should never start and that they wish they could give up. If you've given up, stay that way.

To put it in perspective, when my parents gave up smoking it was because Lambert & Butlers had just reached £2.00 a packet and they considered that bonkers, bloody £8 a packet in some shops now! !

How people smoke at all is beyond me, but now with the prices being what they are I doubly can't believe people smoke, give up guys! .

Cheers! .
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[Poseidon]

Best thing I ever did after stoping smoking was taking up a very active sport. The guys I play with a considerably fitter than me, so I am now motivated to get myself into better shape. I daren't smoke, as I'm afraid it'll ruin my fitness levels and set me back.

Whenever I remember smoking, my mind immediately says "Fuck that, you'll get your arse kicked if your fitness drops!"
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[garth]

I stopped in August.

I occasionally smoke now whilst out on the piss (rare) or the occasional doob. I like the odd doob, so fuck you cigarettes.



Suits me.
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[pa_broon74]

I stopped about three and a bit years ago, still get the odd craving but nothing like as bad as it was. Oddly enough, I have the occasional dream where I find myself still smoking and in it, I'm really angry at myself for starting again, then I wake up and its fine.

Don't necessarily agree with young Paulington up there, you shouldn't be worried about being round other smokers, its just another part of kicking the habit, you'll find yourself around folk smoking whether you like it or not. Personally, I still like the smell of a smoking cigarette, although ashtrays? Not so much so.

A couple of things I find a bit annoying are born-again evangelical non-smokers looking down their noses in disgust at those who still smoke (my dad went down that road) and people who've never started giving advice to others who wish to stop.

My point is, for me anyway, the cravings fade with time. Even after a meal, when I most enjoyed a fag, I don't have any thoughts about it any more. For me that was my worst trigger. (That and leaving somewhere I couldn't smoke.)


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[virus]

after a year its got to be a mental craving not a physical craving.


Distract your brain, have a wank



joking aside, keep it up dude, youve come far.


Cheers
John
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Just watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5kn5T7s9I4

[yaigi]

There's only one situation that makes me want to smoke again and that's being at a festival. I find myself with nothing to do at the times when I want to be listening to the music but not necessarily dancing/jumping about with the crowd. A ciggy/spliff at the side was always a little welcome break... but now I have no ciggy/spliff I just kinda stand at the side looking lost

I did try one again after a year without and it was 'orrible though, so Iwas kinda in agreement with that statement, but obviously doesn't work for all.

I know quite a few people having success with electronic cigarettes - a couple of them have got down to 0% nicotine which shows it really is just down to mental habit rather than physical addiction at a certain point.
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[Hetzer]

I stopped dec 31st and have had a few tea-leaf and herbal fags, solely to smoke a bit of pot in when I visit my mate once a fortnight. Absolutely no urges for a proper fag. The cognitive dissonance over it became so bad I think it's put me off for life. Thank fuck.
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[neatbik]

Thanks guys .

Having given it some thought it is fairly obvious to me now..
You are right about exercise - 2 weeks after i quit i started at a local self-defense club. Just for the cardio work out really, and it nearly killed me

A year on and i'm much fitter than i was, the problem is i haven't been there for a few weeks because i cracked some ribs. 4 weeks of little exercise is driving me nuts, i'm forgetting what it feels like to be out of breath and my mind is fucking with me.

Plus a bit of extra stress at home and BANG! And to top it off i just found my eldest boys baccy stash in the shed..

I'm not going to give in to it, i know me - I couldnt stop at one. Plus i rreckon if i did have one i would probably have a massive head rush and puke.

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[stinkwheel]

Breathe all the way in as far as you can, then all the way out as far as you can.

Good to be able to do that eh?

Remember, the first fag does nothing for you other than make you feel slightly ill after about 10 minutes. The second one immediately removes that slightly ill feeling so you feel better for it BUT it only takes you back to how you were before you'd had the first one.

Don't be decieved. You don't and never did feel better for smoking a fag, they just temporarily removed the symptoms of the nicotine withdrawal the previous one caused.

If you haven't already done so, Allen Carrs Easyway book is quite short and cheap and explains the above.
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[GhostRider]

...then of course there are vapourisers.

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