*sigh*.
I havent had a crave this bad for a while...a loooong while...but i REALLY want a ciggie!
I dont care anymore-i want to smoke. - No Smoking Day
I dont care anymore-i want to smoke.
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Noooo-ho-hooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Don't you dare.
If you do, I will too. And how guilty would THAT make you feel?
Seriously, you'll get past this. It's just a brain fart. It won't last. Don't ruin a fantastic quit.
Chocolate. Now.
h xx
Levs1000 Days Smoke Free
No you don't. You think you do right now but you really really really don't want to. It would taste so bad, make you so giddy you will fall on your face and probaly break your nose and then you will be sick. 
<- thats you looking sick
It's an acceptable time to go have a bath and then go to bed. You will hate yourself if you give in now. You have come so far and are one of my inspirational people so you can't give in 
Its just another crave, you have beaten them before you can beat this one
Sian xx
Right Claire,
Firstly, good for posting before you do.
Secondly, don't you dare. Learn from me, one leads to two etc etc & all the hard work has to be done again. At this time of night, take yourself off for a bath, read a book, go to bed, fight another day. Tomorrow you will get up & think to yourself, ok I was close to caving yesterday but I didn't so I CAN fight another day. If you don't you will be sat here like me, stinking of fags, wishing you hadn't caved in and having to do IT ALL AGAIN. :eek:
Gaynor xxx
Hi Claire
Firstly you do care cos that's why you posted
These craves can be nasty and just sneak up when you're least expecting them but it'll pass - you know it will cos you've made it through them before!
It was a few months ago that I was sat on my back step 'smoking a pencil' I looked a prat and have probably got lead poisoning but hey it stop me from having a fag 
Six months is a strong quit Claire and trust me it does get easier
Awww please don't. You longer smoke-free bods keep the rest of us going.
OK if guilt doesn't work and you don't want a bath or to go to bed... EAT. Cake, chocolate, biscuits, curry anything.
Howl, throw things, go back and read your posts to those in just the same place.
Believe in yourself. You done amazingly well. Stick with it.
NicFirth10 Years Smoke Free
In the early days its all exciting and new and its easier to feel good about abstaining. As time goes on nostalgic thought of how you "enjoyed" smoking and how it "helped" you are what you have to battle with. You need to recognising that these are just associations with situations and emotions, and understand the fact that you just used to deal with your cravings before getting on with the task at hand. I.e. it wasn't the smoking that helped or made you feel better about a situation it was the need for nicotine that made it harder.
Toughing it out is the only way to do it, you have achieved so much getting to where you are, focus on that and how rubbish you would feel if you just chucked it away. Eventually you will rarely think of smoking and the occasional feelings of want will become fewer and fewer and become nothing stronger than a passing fancy.
The point you are at is quite normal, don't let it become something more than it is which is a phase. Just move through it and get on with learning to live as a non smoker. Practice makes perfect.
you have worked to hard to let the nicodemon back into your life...it is a craving and nothing more and it will pass...please dont give in!! you will be so much happier and stronger if you ride this out!! its almost 11pm where you are so i hope your sleeping and didnt give in!!
Claire, why? why now, 6+ months in? what's going on in your life now??
Remember how quitting really sucked. I mean really and truly SUCKED big time. You've done it; you've worked thru all that BS, the mood swings, the eating all in sight... You've ridden tougher waves of want than this Claire. You CAN overcome; you WILL get thru this.
You need anything, you know we are here.
Jen
Please tell us you are ok
Sitting waiting. Tapping foot. Hoping you worked through it. Very occasionally a big thought to smoke hits. It knocks you off your feet a bit but its just the same as any other. Kick it in the backside and next time its not as difficult to do the same. Eventually it becomes easy and you'll ignore them. Shall check for updates. Fi x x
Morning all!
Hahahahahaha....stupid Nicodemon thinks he can get ME!?
NOT A CHANCE!
Still smoke free!
I think that this crave hit for several reasons:
1-as one of the long time quitters mentioned, the novelty wore off. Yes, i am now a non-smoker..but i am still me! Nothing had changed, i am still the same person.
2-i have been going through a few personal problems...and its always harder to keep on track when you are distracted
3-I had been drinking. That says it all really. I always know i get cravings when i have been drinking. Lesson learnt- no drinking for me for a while!!
Thank you all for your help, i was really happy to log on and see so much support- thank you all!
Well done Clare, so pleased for you. Hope everything else gets better.
good girl. x
Goon on you, Claire
The 8/9 month period bought testing times for me, too. I'd felt in control, relaxed and then similar to you you, craves and wants hit. I do see them as separate feelings to deal with.
You stayed strong, well done.
Pol x
wow, look what i missed! Claire you just nearly made me fall off my chair, but well done for getting through the evening!! just goes to show how powerfully those craves can hit out of the blue like that, anyway, very proud of you
im so happy to hear that claire
Thanks for all the support guys- means a lot!
The thing is- i am always wary of posting if i have a cravings, as i am worried about how this will effect the newbies. I worry that they look at me having done almost 7 months and think that its still hard at this stage. So the fact that you all supported me is great!
For the newbies- NO, its not without its troubles (as you can tell from my post!), but its a different struggle now.
Yes, i still get the occasional craving (obviously) but its NOTHING near as bad as the first few weeks.
and i am now better practiced at saying no to the nicodemon...he hasnt won yet, and i refuse to let him!
Thanks for all the support guys- means a lot!
The thing is- i am always wary of posting if i have a cravings, as i am worried about how this will effect the newbies. I worry that they look at me having done almost 7 months and think that its still hard at this stage. So the fact that you all supported me is great!
For the newbies- NO, its not without its troubles (as you can tell from my post!), but its a different struggle now.
Yes, i still get the occasional craving (obviously) but its NOTHING near as bad as the first few weeks.
and i am now better practiced at saying no to the nicodemon...he hasnt won yet, and i refuse to let him!
Hi Clare
Seeing you longer quit guys and gals having issues actually helps me. I'm at that stage where, because I'm having a couple of good days, it all seems quite easy.
Therein I suspect lies complacency and the rocky road to ruin.
So hearing others having moments keeps me on my toes and makes me a smug-free zone.
So thank you for sharing, and really well done on being so strong.
Thanks for all the support guys- means a lot!
The thing is- i am always wary of posting if i have a cravings, as i am worried about how this will effect the newbies. I worry that they look at me having done almost 7 months and think that its still hard at this stage. So the fact that you all supported me is great!
For the newbies- NO, its not without its troubles (as you can tell from my post!), but its a different struggle now.
Yes, i still get the occasional craving (obviously) but its NOTHING near as bad as the first few weeks.
and i am now better practiced at saying no to the nicodemon...he hasnt won yet, and i refuse to let him!
The forum is here for all Claire, regardless of how far along you are. People loose their quits after years, through sheer stupidity, more often than not cos they just want to see if they're still addicted. When I'm about I'll reply.
Onwards and upwards
Hi Claire
Sorry I wasn't around in your hour of need, I've not been around too much as I've been extremely busy.
I'm so very pleased you pulled through :). You'd kick yourself hun if you had to go back to day 1.
Don't let him win
Tinks xx
*sigh*.
I havent had a crave this bad for a while...a loooong while...but i REALLY want a ciggie!
HI Claire,
Having just, out of interest, read my first posts on here, l think what happens is, after a time one's guard is lowered, and we become a bit complacent - thus allowing Evil Nic to creep up on us LOL :(We must be aware of THE EVIL ONE, at all times :eek::eek::eek:
Josie XXX
ooooooh dont ruin yer new pink lungs luv
:eek:*sigh*.
I havent had a crave this bad for a while...a loooong while...but i REALLY want a ciggie!
I stopped for 6mths last yr and you seem to be thinking about doing wot idid.DONT. this is one you should definately walk away from and when u do you will have beaten another challenge and add it to your list. Trust me the thought of it is better than having one.
its taken me ages to stop again and it was and is ssssssoooooo hard.
mashx
so glad you've kept your new pink lungs Claire
YYYYYYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy. SO glad you didnt cave in... that means THE rest of us wont when its our turn, cos it can be done your the proof. you should write and tell us what it was like. mashx
Don't do it
I quit for a year and a half, and am back at day one today.
And going nuts.
And Read This With Great Interest.
As Joel(why quit) says in all of his vids ALWAYS remember NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF.
This is my real worry-Can I never ever ever ever ever take another puff?????
Nothing is for certain-I can only say-I'll try my best!!!!!!...Best Wishes Douglas....PS......on a positive note my last 6 month quit did teach me a lesson..no trial cigs!!!!!!
