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45 days and craving, uh, I mean counting

tburton1004
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The shift in my cravings lately has been bothering me. I did read that this is normal, but idk, it feels scary.

I have far fewer cravings; not even every day, but now when they come, they’re like full-on super-detailed multi-sensory fantasies … how it would feel … lighting up, that first drag. It’s way too specific and it creeps me out.

During the first couple of weeks of my quit, memories of the physical nastiness of smoking — smell, taste, numb tongue, irritated throat, dry cough — were still very close and just disgusting to remember. But now it’s like I’ve forgotten that part and I’m romanticizing how “wonderful” it was. How nice it would be.

Not gonna happen: I don’t do that anymore. I hope this phase of my quit will work its way out eventually; for now, one day WON at a time.

Thanks to everyone for being here!

Namaste, Terry 

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I am a recently retired artist, educator, filmmaker, and all-around slightly domesticated wild child who loves to howl at the moon. I am the daughter of two nicotine addicts, and my mom was also an alcoholic. She found AA and reclaimed her authentic seIf. She paid it forward and helped countless others find their way through. She had been a smoker since her high school days, as had my dad, and quit when my dad was diagnosed with very early stage lung cancer in 1993. They both quit on the spot, over 30 years ago, but my dear mom passed away from stage 4 lung cancer in May 2018. My dad was virtually crippled by COPD the last couple of years and he passed March 2023. I miss them both so much. Smoking killed both of them. I vowed all my life that I would never smoke, so go figure, for some idiot reason I started smoking in 2009. Now I’m free. I enjoy building tables out of reclaimed wood and love working in my shop. I have a massive model train project that has “this will take YEARS” written all over it! I love gardening, camping, reading, and drawing. I am married to the best of wives and best of women, over 15 years now. We’re looking forward to travels and adventures and just being together in this wonderful state of retirement!