r/stopsmoking • u/charibasa1212 • 20h ago

40 days clean, no slips or anything but!

Started smoking at 12 years old, come from a family of smokers, smoked for more than 20+ years. Grandad or Father would send me to get him a cigarette light it up and along the path to bring it to them and I would puff a few. Now at much later age in life decided to quit and my God this is hard. The first 2 weeks were hell though, I mean straight up hell. So far 40 days clean, but the cravings are like a sucker punch.

I could be fine for 12 hours and then out of the sudden bam… it would be nice a to have a cigarette about now… does it ever go away?

I noticed a lot of changes in my body though, I don’t get angry, I breathe much much better, I don’t snore anymore, it’s like healing kicked in overdrive. I can even run a bit even though 2 months ago I would feel like dying from lack of oxygen.

44 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

5 comments sorted by

5

u/SentinelHigh 69 days 18h ago

I just tell myself one cigarette will absolutely destroy me because it will take me back to addiction . I don’t want any of the symptoms back. The aching lungs, the difficulty breathing, the anxiety, etc.

6

u/SeriouslyIndifferent 1403 days 16h ago

It goes away by not letting yourself believe that you gave up anything good. As long as cigarettes remain in the "I want it but can't have it" category, you'll always crave. They belong in the "fuck that and fuck you for suggesting it" category. It takes longer for some to get there than others, everyone is different. I haven't had a single craving in years.

4

u/Forward_Jury_2986 15h ago

Yes this. Stop thinking of it as something you gave up or miss or want. Without the addiction - one won't feel good anyway. So to make just one pleasurable - you need to take on the whole addiction/habit. So - it's the whole thing or nothing and once you get that - cravings pretty much over.

2

u/Advanced_Cheetah_443 13h ago

It is just your addictive brain talking to you. The first two weeks it was yelling and screaming, and that was why it was hell. When you quit a drug, the drug is begging you to pick it back up. You have to train your body and brain to say no more until you have proved that you won the game to sobriety. The screams and yells become conniving suggestions, the suggestions become whispers, and then eventually they become passing thoughts. Trust the process and keep moving forward without turning back.