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Former pack a day smokers, how long after quitting did the cravings finally go away?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 4:55 pm
I’m just over 2.5 weeks into quitting (last cigarette was 17 Apr), and still can’t quit craving a smoke about 50 times a day. Of course some times are worse than others, and it’s now pretty easy ignore, but do the cravings ever fully go away?
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 4:55 pm to cubsfan5150
They don’t.
I’m like Chandler Bing.
I’m like Chandler Bing.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 4:59 pm to cubsfan5150
When you really want a cigarette put a dick in your mouth. Only took me about 3 weeks to quit that way.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:00 pm to cubsfan5150
What do you do when the cravings hit?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:01 pm to cubsfan5150
I stopped with the help of nicotine patches. Wore them for several weeks. Eventually forgot about nicotine.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:03 pm to cubsfan5150
Doesn't take long at all for the cravings to subside. But, your mindset needs to always be focused on how the cigs make you stink, make people around you stink and obviously they damage your health.
If you stay pissed off at cigs, in 3 or 4 months or less you will be disgusted by the smell.of cigs.
If you stay pissed off at cigs, in 3 or 4 months or less you will be disgusted by the smell.of cigs.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:04 pm to cubsfan5150
It was a few months for me. When I did lapse, cigarettes then had a horrible taste.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:06 pm to cubsfan5150
You’re in the crunch time right now…the initial focus to quit waning and now it’s a slog. This is the hardest time. Your mind will play tricks with you. Tell you one won’t hurt…you’ve done this well right? Am I always going to feel like this? Is this how non smokers always feel? Don’t listen.
Stay strong! I’d say you have about 2 more weeks and it becomes less and less. After a month it’s only brief thoughts that pass and after 3 months you don’t think about it anymore.
Do it brother!
Stay strong! I’d say you have about 2 more weeks and it becomes less and less. After a month it’s only brief thoughts that pass and after 3 months you don’t think about it anymore.
Do it brother!
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:07 pm to cubsfan5150
A week
Now, how long did I associate my morning/after lunch coffee with smoking? Months. Drinking? Years
Now, how long did I associate my morning/after lunch coffee with smoking? Months. Drinking? Years
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:11 pm to cubsfan5150
quote:
how long after quitting did the cravings finally go away?
Used the patch and gum. Took a couple of months before I felt comfortable doing things I associated with smoking: beer, coffee, driving.
Every now and then I'll have a dream where I'm smoking. Quit 20 years ago.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:12 pm to cubsfan5150
You don't want to hear this. I have not touched a cigarette in over 50 years and I can still close my eyes and taste them. Way back then, they were wonderful. probably would be again.
Sorry. That is how I feel lots of the time.
Sorry. That is how I feel lots of the time.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:13 pm to cubsfan5150
I quit nearly 20 years ago. Still have the occasional craving. Then I walk by a smoker and realize how bad they stink and it goes away.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:14 pm to cubsfan5150
They dont
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:24 pm to cubsfan5150
After about a month or so the cravings slow down. One of the best things I did when I was getting the craving I would hop in the shower. You have to find anything to do that you cannot do while smoking
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:24 pm to cubsfan5150
Never truly, especially if you're still around it. I'm 7 months here and still have cravings but very manageable. I also use nicotine lozenges
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:25 pm to cubsfan5150
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but do the cravings ever fully go away
No, never… going on twelve years now.
When I drink a beer, it’s bad and if they came out with a safe alternative cigarette….I’d start back tomorrow.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:26 pm to cubsfan5150
I quit smoking a few years ago. The cravings never really go away, they just become easier to manage
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:42 pm to cubsfan5150
Quit cold turkey, and after three days I was over the physical addiction but still missed smoking for about 10 years. Now I find the smell as repulsive as someone who has never smoked. It was the hardest thing I ever did in my life, but it was the best thing too, good riddance.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:45 pm to cubsfan5150
I quit over 20 years ago and it took me around a month and a half for cravings to go away. For around 2 years my hand would subconsciously be reaching in my shirt pocket for a cigarette though 
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:54 pm to cubsfan5150
It's going on 30 years since I quit.
With the help of patches I was cig free in a couple of months.
I never think about them now.
With the help of patches I was cig free in a couple of months.
I never think about them now.
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