Ex-Smoker Question

[supadcy]

I'm on week three of quitting smoking. I'm not going to go into a bunch of crap about how I'm doing it and I'm not looking for pats on the back. My question is: How long before the GD cravings start to subside? I mean seriously. This is ridiculous. I know that some of you have quit in the last year or two...how long did it take for the annoying cravings to stop. I don't mean the daily long-term cravings, I mean those little bastards that pop into your head at the most unexpected times.

How long? Any answer is appreciated.

 

[Cold]

It never stops.:sadwave:

 

[MadJack]

It's been 10 months and 5 days and I still crave them, I just don't smoke them. It's not as bad as it was in week 3 but I still get strong cravings especially when drinking beer with friends.

 

[The Joker]

Jeffery Wigand - former chemist for big tobacco says.....


"Cigarettes are nothing more than a delivery system for nicotine. Nicotine one of the most addictive substances on the planet."

Do the patches work? Or at least help a little? Nicotine is what your brain is craving.....not the cigarette.....according to a chemist at least.:shrug:

 

[theGibber1]

Had some friends who had some good luck with Chantix... They quit no problem...but at the same time i knew a guy who had a psychotic episode on it.

And yet another friend of mine simply switched to Dip. :sadwave:

 

[Old School]

first...continue the battle..

good work..

first week[tues.] in feb was start date for me and have experienced the same cravings..

best part is they go away quickly...

I have been using toothpicks for the short cravings..

have friends who have been 5+ years off the killers and they still get the cravings..

especially after meals and or that 7 or 8th cold one..

stay the fight ...

I have found it to be just like when I quit the booze..it's either you or the self medicators..

who wins is the daily question

 

[lostinamerica]

I posted before with my experiences on just this topic . . .

http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1415239&postcount=119

"Be selfish - Take a nap - leave and take a walk - do something with your hands - eat and eat some more - it's all good if you are serious and if it gets you through yet another critical 5 minutes. For what it's worth, reading is one thing, but I don't think sitting at a computer and writing about the obsession (or sitting in a group and talking about it) would have been helpful to me in the critical early days of my pursuit. And not putting on weight in the process, or being a good sport and not being cranky - I didn't give a sh*t about that sh*t, really. I was VERY single-minded, until . . .

It was on the 20th day when I realized that the prior 2 or 3 days had not been as bad as it had been at first, and thankfully, it never got that bad again. I can unequivocally state that those first 17 days had a high degree of difficulty, and nothing else in my life really mattered during those first 17 days. Early on I told my closest friend and fellow smoker that it would be 18 months before I would say "I quit smoking" instead of "I'm trying to quit smoking", and although I was more or less on cruise control a few months ahead of schedule, we did celebrate righteously on that 18 month anniversary."

GL

 

[StevieD]

After 13 years I still reach into my shirt pocket for a cigarette. But the cravings are not strong. Nothing like the cravings I used to get in am airplane or train or someplace they didn't allow smoking. Which today is everywhere! I never regretted quitting.