When do you crave an analog?

[shaun11]

I've been analog free for two weeks, and I notice I still get sudden urges for one, but it usually only happens when I do certain things. I've pinpointed it to two things:

1) When i see someone smoking on television or in a movie. This drives me nuts, Mad Men is one of my favorite shows and its torture watching it. I vape like crazy while its on and it doesn't satisfy the craving at all.

2) When I drive by my old "cigarette gas station." Its about a mile from my house and I have to pass it several times a day. I always get the urge to stop in and grab a pack.

For those of you who quit completely like I have do you still get those urges? What makes you want an analog?

 

[Smocha]

Congrats on quitting! I quit for over a year now, barely ever get cravings. When I do, its usually after having a few drinks at the pub with my buddies. Forunately though, all cravings I have nowadays are satisfied by a good vape.

Tim

 

[Israfil]

When I see someone smoking within a few feet of me...

On TV I just vape more and take deeper inhales, but in public it can be a challenge.

 

[piratecaptainbob]

ive been off smokes for 2 and a half months and i dont get cravings anymore. i just crave my PV. i cant even picture myself with a cigarette in my hand, hard to believe i did it for so many years. the cravings will go away for you too, keep up the good work

 

[ec!gg]

I get cravings, but when I take a couple vapes my urge tends to go away. I also think... Well I now can smell/taste again and I no longer stink like a nasty ash tray.

 

[sahara4evr]

When I wake up. My morning vape is not as satisfying as a morning cig. Still, I just vape away and the cig urge goes away.

 

[brandon555]

The cravings will diminish after time. Its only been two weeks so you probably still have physical addiction still going on as well as the mental aspect.

Sometimes when I see people smoking at work I get a very mild craving for an analog but then I remind myself it would be crazy to have one at this point.

Maybe try a higher mg nic strength when you have an urge to smoke. The highest I vape is 24, but some long time smokers find they need 36 to fully satisfy.

Hang in there. 2 weeks is an accomplishment.

 

[briwnt6]

It's been about 2 months for me without a cigarette. I'm a carpenter and still get cravings when i'm working. For 20 years i've had a cigarette im my mouth while im working. It's real hard to keep my pv in my mouth while I work.

 

[gashin]

When I don't have my Indulgence around!

 

[willbeein2003]

I had my last analog on July 15th and I don't crave analogs at all. After 40 years of smoking I cannot believe I just wrote that! what I do find, however, is that I crave the tobacco flavor of vape whenever I have a drink.

Wow, I still can't believe it.

 

[lasttango]

If I overeat, it is extremely tough -

 

[quasimod]

I haven't smoked in about 8 months. At first almost everything made me jones. Now it's mainly when I get wrapped up in something and don't vape for a while, then unconciously reach for my shirt pocket and find... NOTHING. I put it down somewhere else, like a dope. For 30+ years that motion of reaching for my shirt pocket has ended with me lighting a cigarette. It's ingrained so deeply, I could probably still smoke if I was in a coma. My PV needs to be right there in my shirt pocket when I reach for it, or my stupid brain thinks it wants a cigarette.

Nowdays, a good vape is all it takes to get rid of it.

My wife and most of my friends still smoke. I hardly even notice when people smoke around me, unless I get a whiff of the smell. That crappy smell is enough to keep me from wanting one.

 

[CaptJay]

Ive been giving this some thought - and I think the worst time for a craving (bearing in mind that I hardly ever get any) is...after chocolate.
It used to be during coffee but that passed - the chocolate thing though -thats still there. I think it might be to do with dopamine (isn't it always lol) because I'm pretty sure chocolate is involved in the release of that in the brain and so are cigs.

 

[quasimod]

I remember something about a study that suggested women are affected differently and more profoundly by chocolate. There was also something about cute British accents... No, wait... I think that part was just in my head.

 

[PaulCincy]

My first month vaping mostly...Now, once in a great while, but as soon as I get that desire,,,I vape a few times and it goes away....Analog free since Feb 11....
Enjoy the Adventure...

 

[CaptJay]

I remember something about a study that suggested women are affected differently and more profoundly by chocolate. There was also something about cute British accents... No, wait... I think that part was just in my head.

 

[Bahnzo]

If I overeat, it is extremely tough -

Thanksgiving is gonna be rough!

But, as the OP said, I get them pretty much only when I see it on TV. Dunno why, but that really triggers it. Someone smoking in public has no effect besides making me more resilient...the smell does it I think.

 

[WoodChucker]

I've been off them for almost 3 months now so I've pretty much worked through most of the triggers that made me crave a smoke. And trust me, after 50 plus years and 5 - 6 packs a day I had a lot of them!

I seem to get a craving out of the blue for no real reason, it just hits me and for just a short time, I've had no problem fighting it off but it's real when it hits me.

Once in a while I still want one after I eat, but much less now.

Walking my dog will trigger it.

When I go in the bathroom to take a shower it hits me, I always used to have a smoke just before getting in the shower.

Oh and that other thing we do in the bathroom still triggers it too. lol

Talking on the phone will make me reach in my pocket time after time.

Driving in the car I still think about it.

And after sex, I just don't know what to do with the other hand, lol. j/k

I'm sure there are other things too, but even these are not that bad any more. I'm not sure I'll ever stop thinking about smoking all together. They were my best friends for a lot of years I'm sad to say.

But the one great thing is; I no longer wake up out of a dead sleep just to have a cigarette. That one used to drive me crazy.

 

[GiMante]

I've been off them for almost 3 months now so I've pretty much worked through most of the triggers that made me crave a smoke. And trust me, after 50 plus years and 5 - 6 packs a day I had a lot of them!

Whoah! Good job on quitting!

 

[bassthumper]

Never.

for me the idea was to QUIT smoking and I have.