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Fight Cravings

RoseH
Member
5 19 186

Why are most people literally fearful of Nicotine Cravings?  All right, so they are a bit uncomfortable.  However, most cravings disappear in ten minutes or less!

I literally had a cigarette in my hand, or near me in an ashtray for over fifty years!  I will be two years quit on August 12, 2020 and I do not constantly think of smoking any longer...

I feel totally complete now without a cigarette in my hand!  I seldom think about cigarettes.  My husband still smokes and I stay smoke free because I feel so much better, not smoking!

I have COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) from Nicotine inhalation...  I have not used an “Emergency Inhaler” from the day I quit almost 730 days ago!  Our bodies are miraculous in that they know how to heal themselves once we quit smoking!

If I can do it, after five decades of smoking, you can too!  Just put one foot in front of the other and never buy, beg or borrow another butt!  An addiction to Nicotine never “goes away”, but you can definitely put your addiction to “sleep”!  And always remember that one is never enough!  One thousand is never enough!  Abstinence and new healthy habits are the keys to success!

Come here often and learn everything you can about smoking and addiction to the drug Nicotine!  Don’t be afraid to ask for help!  Quitting smoking is the very best thing you can do, by yourself, for your health and well being!

If you want or need a Quit Buddy, ask me!  We can do it, one day at a time, together!

I wish all of you a very happy and smoke free Sunday, and let’s all keep our beautiful and precious quits, ok?  Rosemary

Click on the link below:

Nicotine Cravings - Control the Urge to Smoke Again, Forever. 

19 Comments
sweetplt
Member

Very Helpful Rosemary, that is you...Thank you hon...keep safe from the hurricane ...and a Happy Sunday ~ Colleen 608 DOF 

Mandolinrain
Member

Be safe my friend, beautiful blog

RoseH
Member

Thank you, Colleen!

RoseH
Member

Thank you, Mandolinrain

Krack3rJack
Member

Rose - you reaffirm the messages from my late grandmothers.  One died from lung cancer / emphysema, the other never had a smoking related illness, but smoked for a good long while before quitting.

One on oxygen said, "Smokin ain't worth it"  The other, when I asked her how she quit said, "You just don't do it".  I combined the two messages and carry them daily.  "Smokin ain't worth it, you just don't do it".  I think I'd like to take a snippet from your blog and amend it if you don't mind.  "Smokin ain't worth it, you just don't do it.  Never buy, beg or borrow another butt!"  Oh and by the way, one of them was named Rose.

Krack3rJack

Almost 2 months poison free

AnnetteMM
Member

You are a super star of quititude!!!!

Christine13
Member

Thank you Rosemary!

Bonnie
Member

I was thinking about you yesterday, Rose, and how much I love your blog posts.  Thanks for this one and have a great smokefree day!

           Bonnie  ~938 Days of Freedom

elvan
Member

Great blog, Rosemary.  Learning everything you can about nicotine addiction and seeking support from the people on this site made all of the difference for me.  I quit unsuccessfully, so many times in the past that I lost count, this time, I had this place and all of the support I could possibly hope for and I have been free for over 6 1/2 years.  I am so grateful for that freedom.

Ellen

RoseH
Member

Thank you! AnnetteMM

RoseH
Member

So good to see you, Chris!  Christine13

RoseH
Member

Thank you Bonnie

RoseH
Member

Thank you! elvan

kt6256322
Member

Thankyou rose for the affirmation of beating cravings.

RoseH
Member

Thank you kt6256322

WillingOrNot
Member

Rosemary,

I LOVE the idea of putting my addiction to "sleep!"  Thank you for this metaphor....

Bonnie

RoseH
Member

You are welcome!  @willing 

RoseH
Member

Sorry!  My finger slipped!

You are welcome WillingOrNot‌  !

sweetbamboo
Member

thank you for the inspiration.  i, too, have smoked since i was 14.  i am now 65 and have set a quit date for jan. 30th 2021.  i made need some help and encouragement.

About the Author
I was 57 years old and smoking like a chimney in September 2003. I was also having medical problems and upon my doctor’s diagnosis, I knew I had to quit smoking. I was scheduled and admitted to the hospital in October 2003. I had a total hysterectomy and was recuperating, when a nurse found me upset in my room and she told me to try to calm down, and take a deep breath… I could not take a deep breath! In fact, I had to be put on oxygen immediately! I was terrified. A medical specialist was brought in, and that is when I learned I had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). My x-rays confirmed it, and the direct cause was smoking [since I was 15 years old]. I had double pneumonia as an infant, so my lungs were fragile, even when I was very young… I had to stay an extra week and they pumped steroids and antibiotics in my arm so I could breathe on my own, again. My nose got so sore with those oxygen cannulas in both nostrils. Hindsight is always 20/20. I should have never started smoking. However, peer pressure was awful when I was 15 years old. A few of my classmates dared me to light up and smoke one… I remember that first taste and how I coughed from the smoke. It was awful! But I wanted to “belong”, so I smoked until the addiction took hold of me! Back to the hospital room… I was terrified. I quit. I stayed that way for six whole months. My husband, Ed quit with me. We were doing great and then one day I said to him, “My life feels empty. Do you think we’ve got this quitting thing under control? Do you think we can have just a few a day? Before I could say another word, he was off in the car to buy some cigarettes… We both lit up when he returned, and I felt like my throat and lungs were on fire! I smashed it out and coughed! “I will never do that again!” But an addict’s lies are just that! Before long I was smoking over a pack a day again… The truth is that I had no idea how terrible the “addiction” to the drug Nicotine was. I smoked for another decade or two and each day I would tell myself that I would quit “tomorrow”. Don’t be as naïve’ as I was about this slowly killing addiction! Quit now! I would not be using two inhalers if I would have kept my quit way back then…