52 days and going strong
This is my second attempt to quit. After 25 yrs of smoking almost 2 packs a day i just gave it up one fine morning. It lasted for more one and a half year and then the stupid me started again in the company of friends thinking that it will not become a habit any more. What an idiot i was.... before long i was back to almost 2 packs a day
It took three years almost to gain enough courage again to decide to quit.
It seems more difficult this time. Even though its been 52 days today but of late cravings have increased it seems. Last night i dreamt that i started smoking again.... it was scary. Dont know what to do.
52 days is amazing! Well done, you’ve come so far. My Dad is off the smokes over 15 years and he still gets the occasional craving to this day he said. Obviously not intense and passes as soo. As it comes but it’s still there, so i think it is normal for you to have them at this stage. Just take it one day at a time and know that it WILL get easier. I’m clinging onto that hope and I’m only day 5 ha.
Good luck have a good day.
Hi Omshanti,
Good job on your 52 days smoke free!!!
I guess the occasional mental craving will be always there.
I am 1 year and 7 months smoke free and i still have mental cravings once or twice a month.
We just have to remember that a single puff of a cigarette is enough to bring us back in no time to smoking regulary!
Be careful when drinking alcohol because 99% of my previous failures were when i was drinking.
Keep up the good work,
Well done on 52 days. Am only on day 8 but keep telling myself am "one drag away from a packet a day". In my previous attempts to quit, my biggest mistake was having a sneaky puff here and there. I didn't really understand how slippery the slope was and that one, sneaky puff is very dangerous indeed. No more of those for me.
These comments are a timely reminder for those of us at any stage of the quit trail that just one puff can send one up in smoke... And that means back to base one as if the quit trail never existed. Even at 960 days I know it would be easy to become complacent.