We have all had them at one time or another and for many of us it seems like they would never stop. I think Darri mentioned it once as the Rule of 3. After 3 days, 3 weeks and 3 month an ex-smoker would experience a literal wave of craving for an analog.
I know I went through it a couple of times between months 2 and 4 where I would be driving or working. All of the sudden it was like being zapped with lightning bolt and my brain went into overdrive, craving an analog as if I was craving air while being suffocated....then after 20 minutes it would pass.
I can only theorize that perhaps some tobacco related chemicals take longer than others to finally leave the body and along the way their departure stimulates some sort of neural reaction that triggers the brain into think it needs to produce dopamine.
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In any case don't feel alone if out of the blue, even after a couple of months of quitting your are literally stopped in your tracks with a freakish overwhelming urge to have a smoke. When this happens just keep telling yourself..it will pass...it will pass..and if you are like me in 20 minutes or so it will pass.
I mentioned this once to gowsgirl, Philip Morris and his evil minions are responsible for the little voices in your head when killer cravings hit. The best thing to do is look at yourself in the mirror, past your eyeballs and into your brain, and give that rotten bastage Philip Morris the middle finger and tell him, "Not this time buddy, THIS TIME I WIN."
Sounds crazy, even over-dramatic but it worked for me.
I know I went through it a couple of times between months 2 and 4 where I would be driving or working. All of the sudden it was like being zapped with lightning bolt and my brain went into overdrive, craving an analog as if I was craving air while being suffocated....then after 20 minutes it would pass.
I can only theorize that perhaps some tobacco related chemicals take longer than others to finally leave the body and along the way their departure stimulates some sort of neural reaction that triggers the brain into think it needs to produce dopamine.
Quitting Smoking & Brain Chemistry | eHow.com
In any case don't feel alone if out of the blue, even after a couple of months of quitting your are literally stopped in your tracks with a freakish overwhelming urge to have a smoke. When this happens just keep telling yourself..it will pass...it will pass..and if you are like me in 20 minutes or so it will pass.
I mentioned this once to gowsgirl, Philip Morris and his evil minions are responsible for the little voices in your head when killer cravings hit. The best thing to do is look at yourself in the mirror, past your eyeballs and into your brain, and give that rotten bastage Philip Morris the middle finger and tell him, "Not this time buddy, THIS TIME I WIN."
Sounds crazy, even over-dramatic but it worked for me.
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