Well done for not giving into those cravings though - and as I am approaching the dreaded 3 months, I will mark your words!
And you're so right about this forum though - I count myself very lucky to be giving up in 2011. Imagine trying to give up 20 years ago - no NRT (or in its infancy then I think), no champix, everyone smoking wherever they liked - and NO FORUM. I feel like I've had to smoke for 25 years just to be able to give up (does that make any sense at all? :rolleyes
It's reassuring to hear that I am not the only one who has the odd craving! I finished the supermarket shop today and I had a weird compulsion to buy a 10-pack on my way out, just to see me through the weekend. Bizarre. :confused:
But on the plus side, I jogged for 8 minutes today without the need for emergency medical care... so all is good! Me, Roger Bannister... we are so alike!
you never know with those cravings. Month 3 was harder for me then month 2, don't ask me why. Maybe its all in my head. But you get through it and you will be rewarded for it
Good to hear that you are hanging on in there, Gary. I think there must be something in this "terrible three's" thing given that so many people seem to hit it. But you need to see those cravings for what they really are - I don't think that the feelings of wanting a smoke at this stage are anything like as intense as the experience that you went through on day three or even week three. For me, it was more of an irritation that I still thought about smoking/not smoking so frequently - I had hoped that by month three, it would no longer be occupying my thoughts on a daily basis.
You can choose to continue to not smoke, even if those thoughts creep up on you more often than you would like. The fact is, you are way stronger than your addiction at this stage - it is more a matter of keeping it all in check, by reminding yourself why this matters.
However it just goes to show, when you think you got it licked........
Here I sit and ALL i have thought about the whole weekend is i would KILL for a smoke, granted it last's all of 3 seconds BUT it happens ALL the time.
I am sure those who "know" me will agree I am the positive one, but this has been some of the worst craves since stopping, OBVIOUSLY I will not smoke BUT this whole terrible three's thing is not imaginary ITS REAL!
Thanks for the warning Garybaker I'm in month 2 at the mo, so thanks for heads up. I agree the terrible 3's are real. Last time I gave up I caved in month 3....not this time tho, failure is not an option!
Forewarned is forearmed...we can do this, bloody little white sticks!
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