[Servant of the Nine]

I a smokaholic....but clean for over twenty years. If I had one puff, I'd be smoking a pack a day within a week.

I'm one too. Six years now and I still feel around on the bedside table for the pack and lighter when I wake up.

I learned that people don't tell you the truth about how hard it is. They say the third day is the worst, and that is true, but they don't tell you it never gets any better.

You never lose the craving, you just get used to carrying the monkey your own stupidity bought for the rest of your life.

So9

[Windshark]

I actually lost the craving after almost ten years.....so take heart....it may happen yet.

That being said....I know I could not take even one puff without falling off the wagon.

And yes....we do fool ourselves about this stuff.

[Windshark]

You're helping me remember how pleasant a cigarette was with coffee in the morning....

*sigh*

[lodwick]

You never lose the craving, you just get used to carrying the monkey your own stupidity bought for the rest of your life.

A good friend was able to quit while in his mid thirties with the promise to himself, if he made it to age 65 the very first thing he would do is go out and by several cartons of Tarrytons - he's only got nine years to go now.

[sweetliberty]

"they don't tell you it never gets any better."

That varies from person to person. I was a smoker at 2 different times in my life, both for periods of just over 3 years. the first time I quit was for 20 years and this time it has been 3 and I haven't had any craving at all.

[Rowdee]

..."You never lose the craving, you just get used to carrying the monkey your own stupidity bought for the rest of your life."...

I'm certainly blessed by God because I do not crave nicotine/cigarette at all. And I've been around where people smoke and they have smoked in my house....that's seldom, but it has happened. Matter of fact, I left an open pack of cigarettes, a lighter, and an ashtray on my coffee table for nearly 2 months after I quit.

But I know what you are saying about the groping around for a cigarette and lighter....my husband had quit smoking for 3 years before we bought the ranch and he always said it would be so easy to go back. Turns out he did--the monotony of driving the tractor while plowing or disking finally got to him and he started smoking.