Hi, Duke.
A lot of people mistakenly believe that quitting smoking is a straight-line event starting with horrid craves at first, slowly tapering off to a complete quit over some period of time. Nothing is farther from the truth.
There do seem to be certain rough spots around 1 month (30 days), 3 - 4 months (100 days), and 10 months that most quitters go through. Others have just pure misery for 6 months straight. There's no predicting or understanding it.
At this point, you've been nicotine free for over a week. This isn't a physical withdrawal you're experiencing. You're brain's chemistry is out of balance without the nicotine and it is wanting you to smoke so it can go back to "normal". What needs to happen now is "normal" must be redefined to exclude nicotine. Only time without nicotine can do this.
By smoking every 7 days in the past all you were doing was reigniting the addiction. You have trained your brain, which is often much like a spoiled child, that all it has to do is scream and you'll give it what it wants. To break this cycle, you must teach your brain that it won't get what it wants. Until you do this, you'll just keep smoking every week and will remain hooked on cigs.
Shevie
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 357
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,148
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1356.6
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 66 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 36
