Resolution smokers don’t read further! It’ll only depress you…
I have been smoke-free for 7 years, and still get the most god awful cravings from time to time. Not only that but I sometimes DREAM about smoking and wake up feeling guilty. I have never cheated, and when I have cravings they are strong but (thankfully) brief.
Does anyone else still crave like this after so many years?
I quit smoking about 7 years ago too. And I still get the most God-awful cravings. Which is probably the biggest reason why I resumed my smoking habit 6 years ago. But at least dealing with the cravings is tolerable now.
Jack, damn that’s funny! 
I quit on March 7th 1997 at 5.30am. The cravings never went away, but the did abate some over time. Certain things would trigger a craving…talking on the phone, long car rides, big meals. It took months before I could pick up a phone without reaching for a smoke.
I started again this past June and plan to quit again by March. I am not looking forward to going through all that again. And thanks for letting me know that even after seven years it won’t end. :mad:
I do not experience cravings. But I still drool when I smell a freshly lit Marlboro.
I’m with you on yhat one Coward. I’m going on two years and some of my most vivid dreams are of smoking. I wake up from them pissed that I gave in.
after 26 years of 2 packs a day.
And I get virtually no cravings, apart from an instant here or there.
It can be done, folks. It’s all about your mindset… (And I am not crediting myself, just the source I used for quitting)
stoid
Bad Jack, NO biscuit!
I quit a 20+ year habit ‘cold turkey’ 13+ years ago after a friend of mine died of throat cancer. I was a 3+ pack-a-day smoker.
In my case, the serious cravings lasted three to four years, diminishing over time.
I still get an occasional craving, but it’s nothing I can’t handle.
I had a dream about a month ago where I lit up a cigarette, but I hadn’t had one (the dream) for a year before that.
I guess what we’re all telling you is, YMMV, but if you’ve gone 7 years, you know you can do it. It just gets easier from here on.
I remember my friend telling me about her husband. He quit smoking about 10 years before he died, and I guess he craved a cigarette everyday for the rest of his life.
He didn’t die of smoking related causes. I wonder if he would have quit if he’d known he only had 10 years left anyway.