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rurallib

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13. what you are talking about is the dream

Fri Sep 9, 2022, 07:40 PM

Sep 2022

every ex-smoker I ever knew had a dream that they would figure out a way to sneak a smoke that no one would know about.

Mine involved driving in my Corvair (I quit a long time ago) with all the windows roll down in the middle of winter in Iowa. That way Mrs. Lib couldn't smell it on me. But every time I dreamt it, I would wake up in a cold sweat, mad at myself for smoking again.

The dream was frequent when I first quit that slowly tapered down in frequency over years. Haven't had such a dream for many years. I quit @ 50 years ago.

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Quitting smoking: Tapering off [View all] trof Sep 2022 OP

Drinking lots of water helped me. Being pregnant did the trick. mahina Sep 2022 #1

Congratulations! Not an easy task. RamblingRose Sep 2022 #2

A friend went cold turkey. Effects were 3 weeks, he said. Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author trof Sep 2022 #4

At the checkout line today in the grocery store luv2fly Sep 2022 #5

And yet... trof Sep 2022 #6

Maybe they look like that because their income is going to cigarettes Warpy Sep 2022 #15

take @10 deep breaths when you have an pang - it works! rurallib Sep 2022 #7

Funny...sometimes I ALMOST smoke in my dreams. trof Sep 2022 #8

Very funny trof Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #9

what you are talking about is the dream rurallib Sep 2022 #13

Excellent! It also really helps to change your mind about what quitting is like. Maraya1969 Sep 2022 #10

Congrats! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #11

I smoked for 18 years. Woodwizard Sep 2022 #12

Whatever way you manage to quit is the right way Warpy Sep 2022 #14

30 years ago Timewas Sep 2022 #16