Painful though it be to hear...and say, the truth is that there's no such thing as an ex-smoker.
The craving is always lurking out there waiting for the next crisis.
Regardless, until it's made illegal and the government stops milking the industry, the right to smoke hangs with every other right.
I use to work with a woman who had quit for 38 years. I asked her if she still got an urge to smoke after all that time. Her response? “Every day”. Granted, it may not be the same urge as when she first quit but that was sort of sad to me. 38 years and you still want a cigarette every day?!
I can honestly say for me, it isn't. I quit in '81.
I quit for 3 years once upon a time and the craving is gone, but not the thought of a cigarette, its easily passed...Why did I start again, a stupid reason I will keep to myself...but if one quits, just one cigarette starts it all over again and that one cigarette is a choice one makes..like any bad habit we quit once you start again, the old patterns come to the front...same with alcohol. One quits but if one takes that one drink, its starts all over again...just one won’t hurt is a lie..