I know this sounds daft..but do our craves really go away & get easier ...or do with just get used to them..Are our cravings the same say at 4 months the same as day 1...the only difference being we deal with them better at 4months.. ..will they be around forever really?
Just a thought....
without sounding morbid
I know this sounds daft..but do our craves really go away & get easier ...or do with just get used to them..Are our cravings the same say at 4 months the same as day 1...the only difference being we deal with them better at 4months.. ..will they be around forever really?
Just a thought.... without sounding morbid
I can only speak for myself here but mine have, not craved for months now, I am well aware of the pit falls of being over confident and i do understand that i am not out of the woods yet, but being perfectly honest mine have gone, i do not crave or wish for one of those horrible little white sticks anymore.
I know this sounds daft..but do our craves really go away & get easier ...or do with just get used to them..Are our cravings the same say at 4 months the same as day 1...the only difference being we deal with them better at 4months.. ..will they be around forever really?
Just a thought.... without sounding morbid
IT DOES GET BETTER......PROMISE
Seems to be around the 5/6 months mark for most but it will happen KK promise. I still get a reminder of a time I would have smoked, but it is a habit thing, something I would have done in a situation, not a crave.
At around your point I was very down about it all...so were a few of my fellow quitters, it is maybe a phase to go through....
Someone gave me a talking to and made me realise I was living my smokers life without cigs...so obviously something was missing and that was what was making me sad.
SO...I changed how I live my life, healthier, execise, stepped back at work and suddenly having this new way of living that did not have anything to do with cigs, I stopped even thinking about them...
Never looked back from that KK........and never will
Stay strong, you are doing so so well.
Hugs L xxxxxx
Blimey kitkat, hope not.
Thank you lornas & bradders ...sounds like you both got it this quit thing sussed ..inspiring to know that...dosnt mean i have to take up running too does it:eek: dont think i could.....my poor head hurts at the thought...
Im not saying I have craves all the time either tbh but mine have definetely not completely gone...stupid me ..my post didnt make sense ...what im saying is that whether we feel them or not.....are they around forever & that is why example ..people who have quit for quite a long time ...start smoking again ..the craves have never really gone, The ex smoker just thought they had......because that ex smoker as got used to living with them & dosnt notice them anymore ....only sometimes .......Does that make sense ??...Like i said its just a thought ......
Blimey kitkat, hope not.
i hope not too wendy LOl just a thought ..coz i like knowing
From experience, mine went at around 5/6 months, but you still have to watch out then because you end up thinking I'm not addicted anymore. I can get away with one or two and be a social smoker......(Hmmph:()
I still had odd times of thinking about them but it wasn't a crave.
Thank you lornas & bradders ...sounds like you both got it this quit thing sussed ..inspiring to know that...dosnt mean i have to take up running too does it:eek: dont think i could.....my poor head hurts at the thought...
Dont worry your head wont hurt for long....it will be your hips, knees, toes, heels, and even, arms, hands and face.......
In so much pain it completely takes away any craves....:D
Worked for me....
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I know this sounds daft..but do our craves really go away & get easier ...or do with just get used to them..Are our cravings the same say at 4 months the same as day 1...the only difference being we deal with them better at 4months.. ..will they be around forever really?
Just a thought.... without sounding morbid
Hi Kit Kat,
Just to add to the other comments, my craves started to go at about 3/4 months. and at this point I don't even think about cigs, so keep up the good work.
Dannyboy
You will slowly notice a change ...
Hi Kat,
Hope you are well Hun. I found Month 4 as hard as the rest and had a week around 4.5 months where my mood went balistic and I could have bitten a kitten's head off (Argh ... I'm an animal lover it's just an flippant remark and no animals were harmed in the making off that sentence hee hee). Suddenly after that it just seemed to get easier ... like my mind having it's last big fight with the nicodemon before I finally turned a corner and it realised I am determined to keep this quit!!! I am at about 5 and a half months and month five seems to really be different ... the craves/thoughts are lessening loads and this FINALLY seems a really possibility ... I am quite excited about seeing what happens in the next few months and REALLY GLAD I fought through the many dark days ... I had 15% good days to 85% bad days for the first four and half months but that now seems to be the other way around since 5 months WHICH IS BLOODY FABULOUS!!! Still nowhere near out of the woods ... kinda just sad now that I won't smoke again as I did enjoy it but I reckon the less I think about smoking as time goes on the less I will feel that way.
I had a HORRIBLE day yesterday and cried for most of the evening and had one huge crave in the day and a few thoughts of FXCK what's the point in giving up last night :mad: but I never contemplated going and getting any ... and I am sooooooooo glad.
Yes ... five months seems to be the start of the second chapter in my quit ... really looking forward to my 6 month mark.
Are you around 4 months now Kat? It was still in my thoughts alot then but keep strong there is a corner in sight.
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO Proud of you madam
J 
I'm a very firm believer in that craves can just vanish just like that. I quit smoking for 10 years, the thought of smoking never ever entered my head. When i re started it was very deliberate, it was to spite my ex husband who i was divorcing :eek: not nice behaviour i know but it was more rebellious but enough to awaken the demon haha. The point is i didn't crave and the same has happened again, i sinply NEVER crave a fag, that instinct has been removed, why on earth would i ever want to smoke again? especially having made a mistake once before. Faith n courage and a healthy awareness of self image helps too. Wrinkles KK wrinkles....:eek: me not want!
I know this sounds daft..but do our craves really go away & get easier ...or do with just get used to them..Are our cravings the same say at 4 months the same as day 1...the only difference being we deal with them better at 4months.. ..will they be around forever really?
Just a thought.... without sounding morbid
Hope not matey
I think a lot of what I thought were craves are just really fond memories that I'd like to re-visit if you know what I mean - I don't physically need a ciggie I just want the feelings back that I used to get 
Hi Kat,
Hope you are well Hun. I found Month 4 as hard as the rest and had a week around 4.5 months where my mood went balistic and I could have bitten a kitten's head off (Argh ... I'm an animal lover it's just an flippant remark and no animals were harmed in the making off that sentence hee hee). Suddenly after that it just seemed to get easier ... like my mind having it's last big fight with the nicodemon before I finally turned a corner and it realised I am determined to keep this quit!!! I am at about 5 and a half months and month five seems to really be different ... the craves/thoughts are lessening loads and this FINALLY seems a really possibility ... I am quite excited about seeing what happens in the next few months and REALLY GLAD I fought through the many dark days ... I had 15% good days to 85% bad days for the first four and half months but that now seems to be the other way around since 5 months WHICH IS BLOODY FABULOUS!!! Still nowhere near out of the woods ... kinda just sad now that I won't smoke again as I did enjoy it but I reckon the less I think about smoking as time goes on the less I will feel that way.
I had a HORRIBLE day yesterday and cried for most of the evening and had one huge crave in the day and a few thoughts of FXCK what's the point in giving up last night :mad: but I never contemplated going and getting any ... and I am sooooooooo glad.
Yes ... five months seems to be the start of the second chapter in my quit ... really looking forward to my 6 month mark.
Are you around 4 months now Kat? It was still in my thoughts alot then but keep strong there is a corner in sight.
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO Proud of you madam
J
Blimey, am so glad I read this post...has made me feel so much better....3.5 months for me and it's harder than ever at the moment...but maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel
Blimey, am so glad I read this post...has made me feel so much better....3.5 months for me and it's harder than ever at the moment...but maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel
Hi Nicki,
i am really really glad I could do something to help someone on here ... everyone has helped me sooooo much. I know when I got very tough times I would desperately look at posts of people months ahead of me to see if things would improve and that kept me going. Finally I am starting to see that. I think I had a particularly crappy quit in the first few months with most symptoms going!! I was still suffering alot at 3.5 months and for a few weeks thereafter (hopefully you won't though). If you ever have any questions or just want a bit of support please contact me on here / PM me and I can give you reassurance where I can ... anything to help.
Well done you 3.5 months is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Jodi xxx
Good to read all these posts it helps... thank you
Hi Nicki,
i am really really glad I could do something to help someone on here ... everyone has helped me sooooo much. I know when I got very tough times I would desperately look at posts of people months ahead of me to see if things would improve and that kept me going. Finally I am starting to see that. I think I had a particularly crappy quit in the first few months with most symptoms going!! I was still suffering alot at 3.5 months and for a few weeks thereafter (hopefully you won't though). If you ever have any questions or just want a bit of support please contact me on here / PM me and I can give you reassurance where I can ... anything to help.
Well done you 3.5 months is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
Jodi xxx
Thanks Jodi, was so good to read your post....and has made me feel a bit more positive about it, as I have been suffering a bit again lately....
Will certainly contact you for more info...great to have such good friends and support on here xx
Today is 5 calender months since I quit.:)
And three weeks since I began to feel better and over the worst.....
For the first four months or so I felt absolutely awful most of the time.
There were the odd days when I felt not-so-awful, but for the most part it was hell.
Suddenly, three weeks ago I seemed to acquire this positive mental attitude that I keep reading about and I've felt fine ever since.
No cravings at all, and no melancholy or down moments.
I know that all this may well change again, but at the moment I'm feeling positive and thinking that I might actually become a non-smoker, instead of a smoker who's trying to quit.......
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