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re: Former pack a day smokers, how long after quitting did the cravings finally go away?
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:52 pm to LSUGrrrl
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:52 pm to LSUGrrrl
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I’ve been stuck at 4 cigarettes a day for 12 years. 2 in the morning with my coffee and 2 at night with a glass of wine. 100% mental addiction at this point and still haven’t kicked it.
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Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:53 pm to LSUGrrrl
That actually shows a lot of discipline and probably isn't harmful.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:54 pm to cubsfan5150
It's going on 30 years since I quit.
With the help of patches I was cig free in a couple of months.
I never think about them now.
With the help of patches I was cig free in a couple of months.
I never think about them now.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:55 pm to cubsfan5150
After about 3 months cravings were gone another 6 months or so for the habit to go away. Been over 21 years now I have absolutely no want whatsoever no matter how throwed off I am.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:55 pm to cubsfan5150
It’s very hard to do….
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:56 pm to Mr Clean
My older sister has never been a regular smoker, but she'll smoke a few when she's drinking and toss the rest the next day.
She runs like 3-5 miles every day. Just likes to smoke a few cigarettes when she drinks.
I never had that sort of discipline. I'm either a pack a day or zero.
She runs like 3-5 miles every day. Just likes to smoke a few cigarettes when she drinks.
I never had that sort of discipline. I'm either a pack a day or zero.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:58 pm to cubsfan5150
Smoked a pack a day for 20 years. Stopped 15 years ago. Weaned down to pack every other day, then pack per week, then pack a month. Took about a year. Then one day just stopped and now they are so disgusting to be around. But damn I miss them still. Drinking coffee in the duck blind on a cold morning was the absolute best. Drinking beer, eating Crawfish. Actually some of by best times in life I was smoking. Maybe I need to go buy a pack.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:09 pm to cubsfan5150
I quit when I hit age 50 and that was 21 years ago now. I went cold turkey after getting disgusted with myself for continuing that filthy habit for as long as I did.
I'd smoke 1+ packs a day under normal conditions but often upwards of 2 a day if out and about with friends and drinking while playing pool or darts.
I didn't use patches, gum or any other substitute and just said enough is enough. I still went to bars to toss darts since I was on a league team at the time and that was the most difficult time for me, but I pushed through it and am so glad I did.
I know in my heart I will never put another cigarette to my lips, or any other tobacco for that matter.
It didn't take long for me to find the smell of cigarettes on people pretty offensive and made me cringe that I smelled like that for decades to other people.
I'd smoke 1+ packs a day under normal conditions but often upwards of 2 a day if out and about with friends and drinking while playing pool or darts.
I didn't use patches, gum or any other substitute and just said enough is enough. I still went to bars to toss darts since I was on a league team at the time and that was the most difficult time for me, but I pushed through it and am so glad I did.
I know in my heart I will never put another cigarette to my lips, or any other tobacco for that matter.
It didn't take long for me to find the smell of cigarettes on people pretty offensive and made me cringe that I smelled like that for decades to other people.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:13 pm to Mr Clean
Well, I was a full time smoker before I eventually cut back to 4 a day 12 years ago. It’s just those 4 that I can’t quit 
I might smoke an extra 2 if we are out drinking but it’s so inconvenient in public now that it’s hardly worth it.
I might smoke an extra 2 if we are out drinking but it’s so inconvenient in public now that it’s hardly worth it.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:18 pm to LSUGrrrl
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I might smoke an extra 2 if we are out drinking but it’s so inconvenient in public now that it’s hardly worth it.
Smokers became basically lepers in the past 15-20 years, although I guess that's why it's far less common.
When you could fire up a heater in the mall or McDonald's there was less of a stigma. When I was at LSU, every building had ashtrays at the entrance, and many of us were getting a last one in before class.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:21 pm to LSUGrrrl
Was a dumb arse. Smoked 2 packs a day for 58 years. 5 years ago lung cancer lung cancer made me quit. Now cancer free. No cravings.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:25 pm to fallguy_1978
If you could still smoke in bars or restaurants it would be much harder to skip cigs while drinking. Went to the Stars game last night and drank beer for 3 hours without even thinking about it. I’m sure I would have had one after the 2nd beer if there was a smoking area.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:33 pm to cubsfan5150
I quit over 20 years ago and still find myself sometimes patting my shirt pocket looking for one.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:35 pm to rooster108bm
quote:Going on a year since I quit & I still occasionally catch myself doing this or after I eat at home I still sometimes look to the small table I kept them on after eating a meal
For around 2 years my hand would subconsciously be reaching in my shirt pocket for a cigarette though
It is a really good feeling when I get to remind myself that I finally gave them up
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:07 pm to Flglenn
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Was a dumb arse. Smoked 2 packs a day for 58 years. 5 years ago lung cancer lung cancer made me quit. Now cancer free. No cravings.
Good for you-----to both quit and be cancer free. The thing with most people that are diagnosed with lung cancer is the diagnosis often comes along way late in the disease and it's got a good hold on them.
I've had 3 friends die from lung cancer, all heavy smokers who found out they had it too late to do much for them. One lived 3 months and the longest was my late brother-in-law who lasted just over a year and died at age 53. That was 11 years ago now.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:10 pm to cubsfan5150
I switched to nicotine pouches. They satisfy me enough that I don't crave a cigarette unless I'm drunk and I see someone smoking. I'll cheat and smoke two or three when that happens every few months.
I wasn't interested in quitting nicotine altogether, but if you are, I think a tapering regimen with higher -> lower mg pouches would be a bit easier than quitting cold turkey.
I wasn't interested in quitting nicotine altogether, but if you are, I think a tapering regimen with higher -> lower mg pouches would be a bit easier than quitting cold turkey.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:14 pm to cubsfan5150
My dad said that, even after quitting for 30 years, he still reached for his pocket for a pack of cigs as he finished a meal. Of course, there was nothing there.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:33 pm to fallguy_1978
Yeah I don't see 16-21 year olds smoking like in years past . In the 80s it was more prevalent. I never smoked, but my wife was a smoker when I first met her and she was 18 when we first met and was not shy about it either. So about 1986. But a lot of people smoked, especially women, all her friends smoked, her younger sister smoked, her mother smoked.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:43 pm to cubsfan5150
The nicotine addiction for me was about a week. I know technically it leaves your system earlier, but frick that, it was a full week. The habitual part was a month. The mental part was a year. It got much easier after a month but I did still want one.
Now I dip
Now I dip
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:43 pm to KiwiHead
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But a lot of people smoked, especially women, all her friends smoked, her younger sister smoked, her mother smoked.
Neither of my parents smoked, but I started at probably age 13, daily by 15. I smoked until my mid 30s, as did my wife, and most of my friends.
It was extremely mainstream. We'd meet at the Cracker Barrel (convenience store not restaurant) down the road from school every morning and burn a few before high school.
We knew which teachers didn't care and could sneak one in occasionally during school.
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