It lasts about as long as you allow it...I mean if you have a crave driving you nuts you DO ANYTHING TO DISTRACT YOURSELF FROM THE CRAVE, and it passes. You know that already. But this is hard work, to keep yourself busy and I know you are used to thinking abou the way things were when you were smoking, things are new right now and you MUST find things to replace your thinking of smoking, with things that make your crave HEALTH. Water, fruit, puzzles, things that are fun and healthy for you to do, whatever they may be, YOU must discover them.
In the beginning, I was on the SSC almost constantly (when I wasn't sleeping or working). So I hung on here and got educated on what it does to you. You read and read and before you know it, you are knowledgable enough to start sharing what smoking really does to you with others who are just coming in here. You learn how it has really taken a hold of our minds and bodies and you realize that you don't even want it anymore. It somehow starts to outweigh the thinking about having one toward thinking about NOT having one!
You eventually DO overcome this thought pattern, but the only way to really do that is to START NOW by replacing it with POSITIVE things. You can't expect your quit to be successful if you are not going to give it everything you've got!
You've got 5 days, that is FANTASTIC! You are almost OUT of hell week!! Hang out here and post, keep your fingers typing and your eyes reading. Make a list of positive things you could do IN PLACE of when and where you would normally had a cig. And then TAKE ACTION on that list. Get up and do it. Start now. Before you know it, YOU ARE LIVING and no longer plagued by thoughts of the smoking any longer :)
Many Blessings,
Eve
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/8/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 94
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 752
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $282
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 21 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 42
