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Ugh, that post dinner craving......

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Andrewquits2 Years Smoke Free
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Hasnt been too bad today until now.

Just had dinner and now having a horrible bout of cravings. Decade old nicotine rituals kicking in.

Off for a walk with the dogs.......to take out my grumpiness in private 😑😑😑

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Ah the old after dinner craving .. I used to have a chew on fruity flavoured gum - mint just didn't do it for me ... it helped a little, kinda signalled the end of the meal ... worthers creamy filling sweets also helped lol ... enjoy your walk!

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NozmoValued Contributor

Good way to deal with them, going for a walk. You're allowed to be grumpy...would be surprised if you weren't!

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Andrewquits2 Years Smoke Freeβ€’ in reply toNozmo

Back from my walk, feeling a lot less grumpy 😎 Even though it peed down the whole way πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Today's feels so long, which I can remember well from the last time I quit.

Cannot wait to just go to bed to be honest! Work tomorrow, but that's not too bad as I haven't smoked there since going back to work at the beginning of May.

Thanks to you all for supporting me through day 1, it has helped enormously.! Just a few more tough days getting over the physical side of things, then it's just all in the head.

I am so going to do this! For me, my wife and my kids 😍

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RoisinO1Administrator3 Years Smoke Freeβ€’ in reply toAndrewquits

Good for you Andy, they say it takes 21 days to break a habit, so all the feelings you are going through are perfectly normal. I can relate to the days being so long at the early stage of my quit, sadly, I couldn't wait for the weekends to end and get back to work! What helped me was setting myself a to do list that I had put on the long finger for months.

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FordyP3 Years Smoke Free

Long days and wanting to go to bed...I remember that so clearly - sometimes every minute seemed to last an hour. Well done for getting through it! It does get easier

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Trem2 Years Smoke Free

Hi again

I found that eating fruit or something sweet after a meal helps with those cravings. After dinner cravings and after bed exercise cravings were and still are the worst for me. I must admit when I stop and think about it there nowhere near as bad as they were 6 weeks ago. Good luck with those cravings. I think the first couple of weeks all I wanted to do was stay in bed so I guess it's just another thing we all need go through

Cheers

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Andrewquits2 Years Smoke Freeβ€’ in reply toTrem

Thanks Trem

I'll try some fruit tonight. This was the hardest craving yesterday. Other than that it went pretty good.

Hope you are doing good!

Cheers

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HercuValued Contributor

STRONGS...!!!! and even the dogs will be glad if the grumpiness is away and gone...!!!

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