(April 10, 2014 at 3:34 pm)DarkHorse Wrote: It's been more than a year since I had my last cigarette. I still got the occasional craving from time to time, especially during moments of stress or sadness. Other times it came from standing with a smoker and having a drink. It never lasts very long though. Until about two days ago. It's constant, and I feel I'm going crazy. It's such a battle. I never thought it would be this bad again. Especially not after such a long time. My life is all over the place at the moment, big changes and decisions I need to make, so that fact's making it 100 times worse.
Does anyone know of any healthier alternatives? I even thought of a cigar, but that's basically the same thing, and I've heard is actually worse. Gum, food, etc doesn't help. I thought of electronic cigarettes, but as I'm not addicted to nicotine anymore, and it's all a mind thing now, I'm afraid I become addicted to the nicotine in that thing, lol.
Also, if anyone else here has been an ex smoker for longer than a year, please tell me if this is normal?
Its perfectly normal. I quit nicotine for almost a year once, and what made me start smoking again was stress and problems at works at the time. I've heard similar stories from a lot of others. They broke up with their partner, they had financial problems, whatever.
A friend of mine told me he managed to not start smoking habitually again once, but he did smoke one half cigarette. He had been in some sort of program for quitting nicotine. They had told him not to throw his hand if he did smoke a cigarette, like 'screw it, I might as well smoke the rest of the pack since I fucked up -- I suck, I'm a weak looser'.
No. It was only a slip. Throw the pack away and move on.
When you start feeling sorry for yourself -- that's when you're most vulnerable.
I've read and experienced that dark chocolate can help with all sorts of cravings; not just nicotine. Especially for women, apparently. It should have at least 80% cacao content.
To my great shame I still use nicotine. I just find it too hard to quit. But it's in the form of Swedish snus, which is far, far from as unhealthy as smoking. Problem is, its even more addictive.
