I want to restart again , because i had to smoke one day !!!

[Sunshine59]

@notsmokinjo

 

Thanks for the reply

 

I have clearly finished 2 months without smoking . I feel really good , there was cravings but it was not that strong .

 

I have even managed to avoid smoking without using gums for at least 7 days .

 

I keep buying these gums these days so that i can chew it whenever i feel really bored .

 

One important thing i learned is that the cravings for a smoke is always there , you simply stop thinking about cigarettes .That is the best way to avoid it .

 

I don't even think about cigarettes  much these days , It does not interest me anymore , which is a really good thing .

 

 

@Christian99

 

Thanks for the reply .

 

Well , whenever i get bored i think of everything else other than cigarettes .

 

Thanks for all the support

 

[Sazerac]

"cravings for a smoke is always there"

This is untrue.

Cravings exist while you maintain your addiction to nicotine.

When you quit nicotine, cravings fade away.

[Markus11]

Fuzzy memories of a member who touted a 10 year quit, then one day on the boards copped to 6 years of it having a nicotine gum habit. Can't you feel that hell behind the skull bones, and the devil crunching the numbers? 

 

Whatever works, but that formula never includes more nicotine delivery long term. Smoke free is a start, but nicotine free is the monkey off of your back. Its an affliction.  This whole quit thing is a mind game, so choose wisely, no matter how much you think you have it clinched, be it  a month or a decade free.

 

KTQ

 

Markus

 

Quit 2-18-2008

[notsmokinjo]

Next stop no more NRT gum...but mate be very proud of your 2 months smoke free....that's huge and you have done it....I was still using NRT at 2 months too....it got much easier when I stopped the nrt...the smoking thoughts were less too.  My goal was to be NRT free by 3months...I think I went a little over...but I new when it was time for me and you will too.

[JB 883]

My thoughts about NRT gum was always - "wow, that is not cheap! Wouldn't it be cheaper to quit cold turkey?"

I don't know, it just seemed like taking up smoking cessation of any kind would just be a lateral move. Plus some commercials had people saying, "I tried everything. slowing down, gums, patches, hypnosis, nothing worked... but then this new product came along." I thought "Well if none of those things work to make someone quit smoking, why waste cash on them? And what if this "new" product failed? Even when I was a kid and thought "I will never smoke", somehow I knew cessation products were a load of bull.

 

 

20 hours ago, Markus11 said:

Fuzzy memories of a member who touted a 10 year quit, then one day on the boards copped to 6 years of it having a nicotine gum habit. Can't you feel that hell behind the skull bones, and the devil crunching the numbers? 

 

Whatever works, but that formula never includes more nicotine delivery long term. Smoke free is a start, but nicotine free is the monkey off of your back. Its an affliction.  This whole quit thing is a mind game, so choose wisely, no matter how much you think you have it clinched, be it  a month or a decade free.

 

Maybe nicotine gum is less dangerous than smoking. But get this -

A lot of time when people seem really successful at something or extraordinary in whatever way, there is often a lot of "help" going on behind the scenes. People only ever show off the good news if they can help it.

[notsmokinjo]

NRT worked for me Potts...took the edge off enough so my crazy arse could get over that quit line....so it does work for some....and for others it doesn't....but it's working for you too so keep learning.