Nicotine cravings?

Question

I quit smoking and it's been the better part of a month. I'm still having some vicious nicotine cravings on a daily basis.

What can I do to curb them? I tried Nicorette and I didn't like it and I don't like the patch either. Isn't there some other way?

Answer 1

I've heard that if you pour the cigarette ashs & butts in a cup of water stir it around a lil & sniff it it gets rid of the cravings...apparently it's an atrocious smell but I wouldn't know...never smoked, i'm alergic to the smoke in general

Answer 2

Congrats! It will get better I promise. I have been a "quitter" for over ten years now! You will have cravings but as each day goes by it will get less and less. Don't screw it up because you'll only have to start all over again. Think about how nice it is to have nice smelling clothes and a car that doesn't reek. How nice is it to not go outside in the cold just to smoke? I bought a bunch of carrots and would just chomp away when I felt like the "hand to mouth" thing was overwhelming. Apples are also very good for this. I mean, how can you NOT feel better about yourself for eating a carrot and an apple instead of a smoke? I also took a lot of warm baths...for some reason, it helped to make me feel cleaner and more directed about not smoking. Each passing week will get better...I promise. I remember even after a few years of not smoking I would have a crazy dream every once in a while about smoking and I would feel so bad like I messed everything up...it seemed so real. Just think of this as a "different" kind of a high...it is a nervous feeling that is you just getting used to not being a smoker! YEAH FOR YOU!

Answer 3

Nicotine itself is completely out of the blood in 72 hours. What your "craving" is the routine that came with smoking, and the oral-fixation. I, too, am now a non-smoker (just over 6 months this past Thursday) and can honestly tell you that it ISN'T the nicotine I miss...its the actual ACT of smoking. Bad habits are hard to break (especially if you've been doing it for a long time) but it CAN be beat. Just give it time. If you slip up here and there..no biggie...its just part of the journey to becoming a non-smoker (in the words of my doctor).

Try your best to remove yourself from situations in which you'd usually have a cigarette (don't go outside on your work breaks/lunches, stay away from clubs/bars for awhile, etc.) This is what did it for me. I replaced the old habits with new, smoke-free ones...and now its not nearly as hard as I thought it'd be.

Answer 4

I quit for over seven years and now I'm hooked again .
I'm trying to find something to take the place of this addiction to nicotine . Nicorette and patches didn't help the first time but mental patterning and cough drops did . this time I'm swamped for an answer . I'm considering hypnosis.

Answer 5

I need to have a strong will power to make a decision to quit smoking . It's really a tough battle.Your mind will justify smoking without your consent. Your body will put you in panic mode just thinking about quitting, so just to shut everybody up.....You have to really drag yourself through the mud for a few days, "panic smoking" because you are going to quit. At least this prepares you for the battle to come...

Answer 6

ok, try dark chocolate with coffee, tonnes of orgasms and excercise.
One of the best thing about not smoking is that you are more able to exert yourself physically, both in sex and in sport, so do both and enjoy your new lung capacity!

Just one note, i understand that people say to avoid coffee because most smokers really enjoy a coffee and a cigarrette, though this is true, coffee is a stimulant that makes you feel good, and what you need when you are undergoing withdrawels is things that feel good.

Answer 7

first of all great news. ive been considering quiting.... its definitely taking its toll on me. Keep it up.

Some advice i got from an older co-worker of mine was to put the cigarete in my mouth, pretend as if im lighting it, then put the cigarete away. Cigarretes are addicting on so many levels, both physicly and mentally, its easier to kill those habbits individually.

thats probably not a good suggestion since youve gone so long without 1. but its what i will attempt. good luck.

Answer 8

I quit a 43 year addiction with the pill called CHANTIX...it was my last resort. I am not a salesperson and this is not spam. I am just answering your question.

Answer 9

I've never smoked in my life but I did hear chewing gum really does help.

Answer 10

Here are few suggestions..smoke more weed, give alot of oral or eat more of that sex cake, sure you may get fat, but mmm mmmm it's good.