A craving, after a year....

[ScottinSoCal]

Just a few days - less than two weeks - short of a year away from the time I smoked, and yesterday hit me with the strongest craving I've had for a cigarette since I quit. I was watching a movie, and the actor lit up a cig and took a drag. I could feel the smoke. My fingers itched to pull a fresh cigarette out of a pack and light it up. I even started cataloging where I might have a lighter still laying around, since I don't carry one anymore. Fortunately, while it was a strong craving, it was also a short one. And the logistics of getting showered, getting dressed, running to the store, buying a pack, smoking, berating myself for smoking, showering again, throwing out the pack that I'd just spent $6 on, washing the clothes I'd been wearing, brushing my teeth, gargling, dealing with 2 hours of flavorless vape from the after-affects of the gargling.... Well, it wasn't worth it. Not for just one cigarette, and a reminder of why I gave them up in the first place.

 

[mooreted]

It is a strong addiction. I ran out of juice and almost bought a pack. Ended up getting a Cig2o instead. I just refuse to smoke again.

Glad you got past it.

Sent from my easy chair using brainwaves.

 

[simplyme82]

Hasn't been quite a year for me yet, but I had a craving this weekend also. When I get stressed, I really want a cigarette. I sat here puffing away on my ego and it just wasn't working for me. I started thinking about how bad I would stink after I got done smoking it and started worrying about coughing up all kinds of crap afterwards.

In the end I went back to a flavor that I had been vaping for about 2 weeks straight and the craving went away.

 

[minigoat]

I've thought about this and know that at some point I will also get an extreme craving. It's funny that you mention the smoking in the movie being a trigger, that is a strong trigger for me.

The boy scout me put a tin of SNUS in the freezer just in case, hope it doesn't come to that. I hope the drunk me can remember where he put it. I'm glad you were able to avoid the analog.

 

[whitetortuga]

Although I literally just started, I get the urge to chew sometimes. I'm sort of a country boy, you might say, so during this time of year is going to be the toughest for me. I'm happy you decided against it!!

 

[ScottinSoCal]

Nah, I won't smoke, it just surprised me coming out of left field like that. I haven't had any cravings at all, and just boom - right between the eyes.

 

[sillybear]

I still have the urge, but I'm still new to all this, and I think it's cause I know there is half a pack in my hubby's car I can sneak once he gets home....I haven't snagged em yet...butttttt.......

 

[Dieseler]

Good you did not , when you get that urge make sure your vaping device is right with you.
Its my best friend next to my wife.

 

[Tersur]

You would have regretted smoking one after you were done. Glad you held out.

 

[5vz]

Thank goodness you didn't do it! I did. Have been chain smoking again for months now, noticing not only the bad breath, the cost, but the physical ailments that come with it, psychological too. Trying to get back on the vaping train again. I wish I would have thought as wisely as you, stress took over and one puff was all it took.

Hang in there through those cravings. Maybe we should start lists of what we do to get through them. Be proud of yourself for the will power you have!

 

[Devonmoonshire]

I am also So Glad you didn't light up Scott, you know I would have to give you a hard time at the next SCVC Vape Meet you attend at E-Cig City Brother. Great job rationalizing your way out of it though. I like that because most people just rationalize why they SHOULD instead of why they Should'nt.

You Da Man My friend;
Nate aka Darth Vapor

 

[the_noise]

Ok, so I'm getting a craving just reading this thread. Then again, I haven't vaped in an hour or so. Time to vape...

 

[Bozzlite]

Over 16 months for me since I've had a smoke. Oddly the only time I get a craving for a cigarette is when I see an actor on TV or in a movie light up.

It doesn't bother me when I see someone in the flesh light up. Very strange indeed.

 

[mamabearcoffey]

My parents quit smoking about 30 years ago and my mom still gets hit with a craving every now and again. Isn't that scary?

 

[singu]

The devil is never asleep.

 

[FantWriter]

Because there are places I can smoke but not vape, I never fully gave up analogs.

I have noticed that a pack usually lasts a week or more, but there are times I'm suddenly going through several packs a day for no apparent reason (I was a 4pad smoker before I took up vaping).

I've learned to not sweat the petty things (and vice versa). The more I worry about whether I'm smoking, the more I'll smoke because that's my 40-year ingrained habit of dealing with stress.

As long as my e-cig is always full and handy, I'll return to it. An occasional reversion isn't a world-shattering event.