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7. Absolutely on the intense cravings or even mild desires for tobacco, those go away
Sun Jun 13, 2021, 03:41 PM
Jun 2021
Do intense cravings & insiduous self-talk ever stop?


But I might still have a very rare momentary mindflash of lighting up in the old days, but automatically and instantaneously I feel revulsion remembering how awful it was to quit (tried many times before succeeding). I never ever want to go back to that.

Some people say they do have pleasant flashbacks, but very mildly, below the intensity of all the desires we all have all the time -- when is this meeting going to be over? When can I go home? Gee, I think its almost pee pee time already. I want a Whopper with cheese and large fries. I could use a nap. I could use some coffee.

For me, any positive momentary flash about smoking are far below the above kind of thoughts in both intensity and frequency.

Insidious self-talk -- about smoking, yes, that pretty much went away for me after being quit for awhile (it took about 8 weeks for me to feel comfortable).

Do all other kinds of insidious self-talk go away? Nope, never, that's the human condition I'm afraid

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There is a Smoking Cessation group... WheelWalker Jun 2021 #1
Ty SheltieLover Jun 2021 #2
You are more than welcome to post here progree Jun 2021 #3
Ty SheltieLover Jun 2021 #4
You're welcome. My smoking/tobacco/nicotine quit date is Oct 18, 1997 progree Jun 2021 #5
Ty for sharing SheltieLover Jun 2021 #6
Absolutely on the intense cravings or even mild desires for tobacco, those go away progree Jun 2021 #7
I think my problem is SheltieLover Jun 2021 #8
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