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Behavior always wins

Trisha76
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5 10 106

The 80% psychological nicotine craving decided to create a war in my brain today and I think it was because I am at 50 days and giving up 50 years of smoking! For some reason this is special to me but oh man did I want a cigarette this morning. Since I have not smoked for 50 days I know exactly how to handle these cravings and hopefully this will be the last intense craving! Somebody said behavior controls it all and they are so right. I have all the control and it no longer controls me. We all have to find our way but it can be done.  Needless to say I had to take a little cat nap this afternoon as my brain wore me out this morning.

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I started smoking at 25 and it took me a year to learn to inhale so I really was hooked by 26. I have smoked 50 years and quit August 11, 2020 so today is my 28th day. My husband of 54 years died March 1 and he had smoked for 65 years. I knew when he died I would quit as I had tried 5 times before but his smoking made me jealous or I could smell it. Used him as an excuse to start smoking again. I am retired from a university. Raised in Nebraska and living in Iowa since 1978.