How I counter a "Smoking Thought"

[freeneasy]

They happen. Smoking thoughts. Even though It's been over 4 years and 3 months since the last time I smoked ,I still occasionally have a thought of smoking. I just started thinking about this after responding to Sharon's blog :  /blogs/shashort-blog/2017/04/11/keeping-it-real-today My comment was: 

"Even after 4 years and 3 months, I get thoughts about having one. I counter that thought by remembering all of the thoughts I've had about how great it is to not be a hostage of nicotine addiction anymore and  how I like not spending $250 a month to enrich big tobacco and resume suicide by sickerettes and  that if I lit one up, it would probably taste like week old horse and cow manure  with a little doggie doo mixed in and that I would probably start to cough up a lung and maybe pass out (;   N.O.P.E. 

What do you think if you get one?

[robertclark302]

Whenever a smoking thought pops into my head, the thought of my wife running me over with the car quickly chases it away.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

[shashort]

All I can say is OUCH!!!

[donpauli]

I appreciate the straight talk without any sugar coating. Gotta get real about this shitty habit. Today is my day 8....tell it like it is. I feel like I'm in recovery and taking in fresh air. 

[katherineu]

My mother in law quit smoking in her 50's and she is soon turning 75 and she still has random thoughts of smoking a cigarette.  The addiction is real, I have only been smoking free a little over three months so its a struggle but it is worth it, I have told myself that I hope that at the end of my life I will die from natural causes rather than smoking related diseases or cancer caused by smoking.  I have noticed since I quit smoking I see many smokers on TV and my husband is a smoker, when he comes in the house he reeks, it does not smell good, sometimes I get a head ache from the smell.  I don't see anything attractive it reminds me of how badly I was addicted to that cancer stick for 20 years and the only regret is that I wish I would have quit before I started raising a family.  I rotated my cigarette breaks around family time and that is absurd!

Congrats on staying smoke free for Years!  That is a great accomplishment!

[freeneasy]

You won't have to struggle forever. It will get better. I noticed how bad the smell of stale smoke is on people when I quit too, I'm glad I don't have to smell like that anymore. I'd rather be an ex-smoker and get a smoking thought once in a while than a smoker who always wants to quit.

[c2q]

OMG! That is exactly what it tastes like - 

week old horse and cow manure  with a little doggie doo mixed in

LOL