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former smokers, do you ever have random moments months or years later where you just get textbook "cravings" symptoms? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm so fucking irritable right now, every little thing is annoying me and my chest is tight, I keep clenching my teeth. I'm very familiar with these things, these are how my body is telling me "go smoke a ciggy"

Problem is, I haven't done that for a year and a half. I've had this happen before, sometimes years on into my quittings, its always random and it's always insufferable, like I'm a former psychonaut who accidentally cracked his spine 20 years later. Does this happen to anyone else out there? Any tips? I had a glass of wine but it didn't help take the edge off much

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Try doing deep breaths. You get the relaxation of inhaling, but no toxic smoke. Avoid the vapes and alcohol. Drink water. Lots!

I quit 24 years ago. And although I don’t have cravings, I sometimes having smoking dreams. So much of it is about breathing to relax.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also important to cut out caffeine if you are stopping nicotine. And understand that caffeine can be a trigger, nicotine accelerate caffeine metabolism (cuts the edge) which is why the coffee-drinking cigarette smoking trope exists. Caff and Nick are the best of friends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Funnily enough I'm pretty addicted to caffeine. I'll get a headache when I miss my 11am or 1pm coffee. But I'm not getting addicted to smoking at all. The pack of tobacco I bought dried up before I could use more than half of it, and that's with me sharing.