Don't forget that the "craves" which last only a few minutes are the PHYSICAL symptoms.
If you are nic-free and craving, you are experiencing the MENTAL ones, which can last all day. If you allow them to.
4my2girls is right - if you obsess about a smoke, if you think about it, you will work yourself into a major "crave" that lasts for as long as you obsess about smoking.
Why did you get hit with a "want" ??(I'll call them wants vs craves to keep it less confusing).
Could have been a trigger. Either an overt one or a hidden one. Like a certain smell can cause a flashback, perhaps you were having a flashback to an occasion where you smoked.
Perhaps it was a new event..........new to you in the sense that this is the first time you have done it without smoking. For example, if you go to the hairdresser once every 6 weeks, and this is the first time you have gone since you quit, then your automatic "lighting up" after exiting the hairdresser's is a trigger. Which you have to work thru.
Bottom line is, there are reasons your brain is flipping back to smoking. If you are nic-free then you are not dealing with "physical" cravings any longer. This is your brain saying "I want". So just keep telling it NO and eventually the wants will come less and less, with less intensity. Promise. :)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 12/19/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 99
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,493
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $668.25
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15
