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It's been over 18 years since my last puff but at least once a year I'll still have a dream where I'm smoking.
It's been over 18 years since my last puff but at least once a year I'll still have a dream ... more
It's been over 18 years since my last puff but at least once a year I'll still have a dream where I'm smoking. less
I won't lie - it was hell for me to quit! Seriously, when I was tempted to smoke I'd tell myself that I hadn't suffered for X months for nothing. I wasn't going to throw it away because there was no freaking way I was going to repeat those horrible early days of withdrawal.
My only advice is to identify your "triggers" - times/behaviors that make you want to smoke even if you just put one out - so you can either avoid them altogether, deal with them differently or just give yourself a pep talk before the craving hits.
I had so many triggers it was probably shorter to list the things that *didn't* make me want to smoke. LOL I had to have a cigarette as soon as I woke up, right before I went to bed, after I ate anything, while talking on the phone, while I put on my makeup, after sex, and so on. If I can quit, anyone can! Good luck!