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Former Smokers: We Never Really Stopped Wanting One

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Alnitak

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Are there other quitters out there who still want a cigarette every now and again?

I wish I had never started, besides the reason that I could have already created a cancer cell, besides the flavor and the buzz, when I get stressed or I'm having some beers at a party I really just want to light one up.

I suppose it's psychological. Does anyone know if there is still a physical dependency long after quitting?
 
Yup there is. After smoking for 30 years, I quit over 2 years ago, and I still crave the odd cigarette. After a good meal is the worst time for me.
 
I gave up my 50-a-day habit more than 6 years ago, and I can honestly say that since quitting I haven't given it a second thought. Even being in the presence of smokers doesn't bother me at all. I think I am very fortunate that I've not had any cravings. I hope it will stay that way for the rest of my days ... but I don't want to feel too complacent.
 
I quit 5.5 years ago and still occasionally think it would be nice to have one.
I won't tho'. I know that just one cig and I will start again
 
Alnitak said:
Are there other quitters out there who still want a cigarette every now and again?

I wish I had never started, besides the reason that I could have already created a cancer cell, besides the flavor and the buzz, when I get stressed or I'm having some beers at a party I really just want to light one up.

I suppose it's psychological. Does anyone know if there is still a physical dependency long after quitting?
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Every once in awhile...after 22 years...I still think about having one. There is no physical dependency.
 
I am on my third month and plastered with nicotine patches.

With the destruction of more than half my lung's capacity to absorb oxygen and the possibility of a cancer I at least have some motivation to continue in my efforts to stop

Yet every day I regret having given up. But I am treating myself as would an alcoholic; one and you are back in the habit again.

I must say that the support of an electronic cigarette is the only thing that is holding me together.
 
The electronic cigarette is a fantastic tool to have in your repertoire, even though the BMA are still not fully on board.
 
Oh I know, it's horrible! The craving doesn't go away, and it makes you very irritable.
 
Its a pain in the arse, but its goes with the territory of being an addict! I have broken down once or twice over the past few years, but its only been a cheeky fag here or there when drinking - I have yet to do it while sober, although when stressed the cravings come on hard
 
^Many people liking it to having a heroin addiction, just as difficult to stop, and a large chance of having a relapse.
 
I quit two years ago, but to do it I had to go onto nicotine gum.

Now I can't get off the damn gum, and contrary to myth, I don't feel any better for having quit smoking. The gum, though, does keep me off the cigs. The patch didn't work, and Zeus knows I tried those things for long enough for them to have worked if they were going to.
 
rareboy said:
There is no physical dependency.
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This. The physical need disappears within weeks. The psychological dependency, however, never leaves for some people. Don't give in, though, not even for a single puff.
 
Keeland said:
Now I can't get off the damn gum, and contrary to myth, I don't feel any better for having quit smoking.
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How soon they forget. Me, that is.

I finally quit because I was about to cough up a lung.

Insidious addiction that had me forget that. At least the gum doesn't pump carbon monoxide and all the rest — excluding nicotine — into me.
 
"When I look back and see photos of me engaging in this rather dirty habit, am I sickened? No - my first emotion is always envy."

Lex
 
I quit about 2 years ago, maybe 3, anyway the idea or thought will pop up at times. I compare it quickly to the negatives: cost, stink, filth from ashes and cig. butts, dirty ash trays and worst of all the physical addiction.

I don't have to sneak out of the building on company time to satisfy a craving, I can visit someone in the hospital and not have to cut the visit short to light up.

Let's be honest, they taste good perhaps after sex, or the first one in the morning and maybe after a meal, 3 or 4 times a day, maybe, the rest of the time, smoking is a drag.
 
gsdx said:
This. The physical need disappears within weeks. The psychological dependency, however, never leaves for some people. Don't give in, though, not even for a single puff.
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I remember being told while quitting to repeat the phrase "I'm a puff away from a pack a day"....

Yeah -- so what you are experiencing is TOTALLY psychological -- the physical cravings ended 2 - 3 weeks after your last cigarette (as long as you didn't try/use any of those nicotine replacement concepts)...

I would suggest joining the JUB for those who have quit, or are quitting or wanting to quit at www.quitnet.com -- there are a lot of great people there with a lot of awesome information -- they helped me out tremendously when I was quitting...

Best of luck!!! ..|

:):):)
 
Dejavudoo said:
I don't mind the company of those who smoke, but I don't like my clothes afterward.
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This used to be how I felt.

Due to some family developments over the last few years, I am now actively hostile to smoking. I hate it. It is the most unerotic, unaesthetic, unhealthy, craven dependency. I want to ban it. And when I hear smokers object to that idea on grounds of "their body, their liberty," I hate it so much that I want to buy shares in tobacco companies so at least someone can profit from the stupidity of it.
 
Dejavudoo said:
I admire the man who has tamed the beast.

My mother smoked more than two packs a day. Both of my brothers and both sisters smoke. I am the only one of us who never started.

I don't mind the company of those who smoke, but I don't like my clothes afterward. It bothers me that my smoking friends are so self-conscious, as I want them not to worry for me.
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Ex-smokers are always less tolerant and more hostile than non-smokers around smokers.
 
My first boyfriend got me hooked at 18, and I quit at age 22. It is quite an effective stress reliever. My current boyfriend deeply disliked it, so I quit, despite the stress and discomfort. I also put on some weight, which from 120 to 140 pounds was not a bad thing really.

Unfortunately, the younger you expose yourself to carcinogens the likelier you will develop cancer because the incubation period for cancer is five to 80 years. Also, there is more of a difference in cancer rates between light smokers and non-smokers than light smokers and heavy smokers. Even though I smoked a pack every three days, I still have a high risk of a oral, nasopharyngeal, stomach, and lung cancers. The benefit to having started and stopped young was healing time. My VO2 max is now nearly what it was when I was training in high school.
 
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