What's going on????

[jopiscool]

My quit date was May 13, 2016 and I am doing pretty well...in fact I've reduced the strength of my patch and need fewer pieces of Nicoreete gum every day. I go days and days with a few urges that I usually manage easily and my profound grief at losing something that was with me all these years is started to lift.

But I seem to be able to make it only 7 to 12 days before I literally am obsessed with smoking...this is not an urge that is over with in a few minutes but an ongoing, overwhelming non-stop urge that lasts hours and hours and hours. And, it kind of comes out of nowhere. I am calling them slips because I have had 4 cigarrettes (and not even a whole one) in 6 weeks...yes, I bought a pack and threw the rest away.

In general, I am doing really well with this but I need to get over this...I am doing better than I ever have with not smoking and am committed to being a non-smoker. Any advice anyone?