when u quite smoking does the craving for them ever go away??
137771
I quit 20 years ago.  At first I would give in if I were drinking, and gradually, it was less and less.  Still, every once in a great while, I want a cigarette - I don't know what brings it on, but it passes fairly quickly and I never give in to the craving.
322234
smoking the "whacky stuff" definitely does not make the cravings any less and i've found :-) sometimes make it worse.  nicotene patches help but you usually need some form of support before you can really kick the habit.  as far as i know i've never heard of "nerve pills" helping but your doctor can prescribe wellbutrin which does help but about the same as a nicotene patch.  you may also want to try exercising every time you get a craving--yeah, yeah, i know they say that about everything.  good luck in your struggle, i'm right there with ya.
646048
Set a date 4 months into the future and say you will not smoke until then. If you still want to smoke then, take it up again.\n\nAfter 3 months you will find the craving has vanished. This worked for me. I wasn;t going to spend the rest of my life craving a cigarette. Nicotine patches help some. But the important thing is to not smoke at all while you are giving up. Throw them away now, and if you want, take it up again in 4 months.\n\nMy mum died of smoking related causes, and she was still asking people to take her outside for a smoke while she was in palliative care. Don't end up like her, it is not a pleasant way to die, and not pleasant to watch it.
359004
First of all, your body only needs 3 cigarettes to fulfill its nicotine addiction daily.  If you can get through the first three days, you have pretty much quit.  The hardest thing about quitting really is the psychological aspects of smoking.  After the three days, your biggest craving will come from your psyche wanting to engage in the act of smoking.  My suggestion, is as long as you can get past the initial quitting, buy yourself a pack or two of clove cigareetes.  You can go through the action of smoking without the nicotine.  Plus they smell so gross, that you will soon get past smoking those as well.  If I could suggest anything, Zyban was the most help for me to quit. I had tried the patch, nicotine gum, laser treatment, accupressure...when I did the Zyban, there were some side affects, but getting through the first three days of quitting was a breeze in comparison to the last five times I had tried to quit.  Good luck!! It really is worth it!  PS depending on how long you smoked for, it could take six months to a year for you to stop thinking daily about smoking.
549535
Oh...this question sucks this morning!! NO OFFENSE but I am trying to quit...and the urge is so strong I can just about taste my Marlboro Light!! \n\n*deep sigh, gets a piece of gum.
865720
I quit smoking back in February.  I smoked about a pack a day for years.  During the withdraw I had a headache for 3 days, and I was grouchy for about 2 weeks.  They say you have to replace one habbit with another.  What I did was started sucking on jolly ranchers and chewing bubble gum.  I also started exercising.  I have never felt better.  I noticed a difference in my breathing after only 2 weeks!!  Just hang in there, and the days will pass and you won't even think about it anymore.  It's also great to go someplace and not worry about being looked down on because of being a smoker.
1088438
I smoked 30yrs.ago and i decided i was going to quit....I would eat peeled carrots when i wanted to smoke and it did help some...But the way i ended up quiting was,COLD TURKEY....Your really have to what to quit to get through this and don't start eating to make up for not smoking....Set your mind that you are going to do this no matter what....It really work for me....You know i can't stand to be around anyone smoking,it's a dirty nasty habit and the smoke just stinks and hurts my nose....And the second hand smoke is killing people all the time...Thats another good reason to quit and the cost,i can't believe it....I can remember when a pack was $.25.....Be strong and quit,you will feel alot better and you won't smell of cig. anymore......GOOD LUCK......\n Clowmy
535680
Hang on, danelover!  I had my very last cigarette on October 16, 1998 and - some days more than others - it's still hard for me to stay away from those things.  I still have what I call "Relapse Dreams".  (Fortunately, those ebb in frequency as time goes by.)\n\nAhhhh, ....I still remember how it feels to have a cigarette after a great dinner.... ahhhh, especially Thanksgiving.  ...Oh, dear. ...\n\nAnyway!  As diversion tactics, I carry around a bottle of water and take sips all day.  While at work, I take  bathroom breaks, quick trips to the mail room or copier, log on to Yahoo! for a minute or two, etc.  Try to replace "The Habit" with something begnin or, the gods forgive, something HEALTHY! \n\nOooops, my 2 minutes are up!  Good luck & Keep Smokeless, Sister!
927788
Absolutely.  I was MISERABLE for about a week after i quit.  I smoked for 5 years all day every day. But dont worry. It passes. I didnt want to eat and i was just irritated constantly. And I couldnt sleep but I didnt have the energy to do anything either.  Its been 3 years since I smoked, and I now have absolutely no desire to do it.  You ll be fine.  Just stick to it.
475143
I think some of the symptoms are headache, stomachache, crankiness. My doctor told me that the physical addiction is over 24 hours after you quit smoking. The hardest part is breaking the habit that you've grown used to.
1083969
Well, I've never tried the gum or the patch. I've smoked for ten years and have recently stopped smoking for good. My doctor told me that if I could go twenty-four hours without a cigarette and roll that over into a whole week then the desire to smoke will leave me forever. Well I'm here to tell you that I haven't  had a cigarette since the 4th of June. The first three days are the toughest. After awhile though, the desire does leave. It works! It really does! -effort and determination.
439045
Of course it can go away.  You were not born to crave smoking, you just learned it - firstly the desire to socialize with it and help you cope with certain bits of life and growing up, then the nicotine chemical habit.  So after the nicotine is out of your brain, you then unlearn your psychological habit, so that non-smoking becomes the norm and your conscious and subconscious mind recognize this. For some people it can take only a few days, for others the major hurdle is over in a few days to weeks - as long as the use the right techniques to quit.\nHave a read how and what to do at http://www.quitguide.com
919145
Don't think about it too much. You need a bit of determination & you obviously have that to ask about it.\nQuit on the spur of the moment - try & frighten yourself & until you cope without one, steer clear of the pub & people who smoke. I gave up in June like that & have stuck to it where previous attempts failed. I did at first allow myself to have one with a drink but then went so long without going out that I sickened myself & haven't touched one since. Be careful of that though because it can become an excuse for a cigarette. If you've been smoking 20/30 a day you may want to have patches to help you & as well as giving you nicotine it can also act as a deterrent because it is dangerous to smoke with one on. But like I said once you've quit, forget about it. The more you say to yourself I've given up the more you'll be thinking about smoking. Keep busy with a hobby. Good Luck x
370574
Stick it out. Yesterday was my three year anniversary of my last cigarette. The cravings suck, but make yourself stick it out. It's worth it! The cravings won't last more than a few days Good luck!
1177862
I quit 6 months ago after about 30 yrs.!  I'm so happy to have the extra money, not worry about do I have enough, oops forgot them, does my breath stink?  What a relief to finally be free of them!  I used the patch and then told myself you can have one in  a minute when I got a craving.  Then in a minute, tell yourself you can have one in a minute.  If you keep doing that and get busy with something else, you get past the craving.  GOOD LUCK
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Mine lasted about 30 days.  I smoked for 22 years and quit 4 years ago.  The cravings lessened each day over those 30 days but it's really different for everybody.  Good luck and congratulations for quitting.  Stick with it.  It's worth it.
578895
You are still feeling blah because the last remnants of nicotine are fading from your body.  You have to make it through the first months for the really bad withdrawal symptoms to disappear.  It takes a full three months before you'll feel totally human again.  It sounds like you are quitting cold turkey [ie. no gum or patch].  The good news is that people who quit cold turkey and succeed generally are able to give it up forever