Six months I have been a former smoker as of tomorrow morning.
SIX MONTHS!
And today, out of the blue, I said it out loud:
I need a smoke!
It just popped out of nowhere. Well, not nowhere…the past few days have been somewhat stressful.
Still…I have not had one strong craving since I got the poison out of my system until today. And man, did I want one. So I grabbed a bottle of ice cold Ozarka and downed it. I went for a walk. I snuggled with my daughter…and got past it.
But WHY? Why after all this time did it just pop up, a craving just as strong as when I was a regular smoker? I spend full days with chainsmoking friends and coworkers. I HATE the smell of smoke now. I don’t get it.
Seventeen years, me, and it still happens. It will never go away. Just stay strong. What’s Ozarka?
I’m never smoking again…it’s just frustrating to feel this way.
Seventeen years, huh? I will have to be strong!
Ozarka is a brand of spring water that I’ve become addicted to lately. Hey, it’s cheaper and healthier than what I was wasting my money on before!
I’m at about 9 months, since last June 1. That thought crosses my mind about once a month now. For me it’s stress related – when I want to avoid something, I think about having a cig. Once a month seems like a pretty acceptable rate to me.
I work at a hospital and often talk to the “smoking cessation specialist”. He’s been stopped more than 30 years, and still has cravings. He also dreams he smokes.
5 months for me and it still happens. When I drink a lot I may cave and have a puff, but never a whole cigarette, and it never tastes good. So I put it out, smugly knowing that it didn’t beat me. But yeah, about one every couple of weeks I get a nic fit that really shouldn’t happen. It usually lasts about 5 minutes then goes away for another couple of weeks. In any case, be proud of yourself for quitting, and proud for continually resisting. The longest I have evver made it was 5 months. In 1 week, I will surpass that.
Here’s hoping that everyone who quits stays quit. 
(And if you ARE a smoker, that one day the time will be right for you to quit as well. You have to want it and nothing anyone says or does can help you if you do not wish to stop smoking. And that is your choice to make. Far be it for me to tell you to quit. Enjoy your smokes, honest. It is when you stop enjoying them that the real work begins…)