RaySkye
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Had a dream that someone gave me a cigarette. I lit the wrong end and ended up not smoking anyway.
Jul 12, 2025 6:57 PM
RaySkye
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Had a dream that someone gave me a cigarette. I lit the wrong end and ended up not smoking anyway.
CT1space3DX
You're past the worst. Stick with it, and avoid the temptation to switch over to vape. It's worse. You should start noticing your taste and smell senses coming back. Food will taste weird as taste comes back.
Artoris
I just made it to 4 years back in June. The only secret to my success is not even 1. Everytime I failed, it was because I convinced myself I could have one without a problem.
PeeterGrant
If you can make it 21 days, you are technically no longer physically addicted. If you can avoid being around smokers or drinking (which makes one susceptible to smoking in cases) you can kick it. You'll know it's taken hold fully when the smell grosses you out. I somehow managed to quit cold turkey 25 years ago. After 3 weeks it's all in your mind. Do it! You won't be sorry. Best of luck.
spontaneous9
Just pretend all the executives at (tobacco company) are laughing about you being eligible for a free case of emphysema while they wait for you to make the next payment on their third Mercedes, you know, the 2-seater convertible you always wanted but couldn't afford, because it's basically TRUE.
They are your enemy now. Refuse to support their industry anymore. You already gave them enough.
EyeZedEe
Yo another drop in the ocean of support but I'm 33 days in to quitting after 20yrs 20/day, no nicotine whatsoever, no vaping, and I'm absolutely fine. You'll be fine. But you gotta want it.
Kenbamazingbutprobablywontbe
Keep going. My 7 days no smoking led to 7years smoke free.
boop66
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Zapathasura
You can do it mate.
texanheathen
I quit smoking with tobacco years ago. That was stupid. Quit tobacco last November. Feel so much better these days, and the cravings are almost completely gone. The dreams about using tobacco still pop up when I'm stressed, though. Keep going; you'll be better off for it, even with the struggle.
VladimirDoesntLoveYou
I quit recently. Keep going. It's hard, and the urge is still there sometimes but keep fighting
twoamartist
My sister quit in February. She said she constantly dreams about sneaking a smoke.
Artoris
The worst is the actual dreams where you enjoyed a smoke. It is everything you could imagine it would be, then you wake up so mad at yourself.
twoamartist
Oof. Can’t imagine.
WeHaveCheese
I was a smoker for 16 years. It's been 1 year and 8 months without vaping tobacco and about 6 years without a cigarette. If I can, so can you! You got this!!
Calicious
Been there a couple of times over the years. I quit dipping, then five years later picked up vaping and had to quit that too.
7 days is well past the roughest part. Congrats. Now it's just a matter of pushing back against the impulses that will randomly hit. Those go away all together with time.
MaleProstateMilker88
Those dreams are going to be around prob forever. But the urge won't. If you survive 3 week mark it will get even easier. Then after 3 months you'll start to become homefree. After 6 months you won't even think about it.
isleymetalhead360
Keep it up friend. Been five years for the wife and I. I can't remember the last time I had a smoking dream, they do stop eventually, (at least they did for me)
krielovas
I'm at 3 months right now, keep it going
Rangetroop
The dreams were terrible when I quit, kept dreaming I was smoking and hated myself for it . Woke up and realised I hadn't smoked but still felt I had let myself down.
Still occasionally get a dream and I quit 12 years ago.
You are doing great, it is a tough addiction and you have gone through the worst bit, keep it up!!!
nosilazurc11
2 years for me. I spent about 3 weeks on patches. I honestly think my stroke killed the addiction center of my brain. I honestly never think about smoking
PleaseDontLookAtMyUsername
Fuck yeah, you fucking go. It keeps getting easier. I spent like... a year or two getting hit by the nostalgia cravings, and they go away too, eventually.
quietwalker
Pick up a better habit. Like I dunno, cooking or playing RPG games.
phonoodle415
Get on a diablo 2 addiction
ChelVanin
Good job! You’re pretty much past the hard part. And don’t pay attention to dreams. I’m ten years out and still randomly dream I’m a smoker again.
albertapaws2000
Eventually even the dreams are gone too.
NotSomoneElse68
In all my "using" dreams, I never manage to actually use drugs. I did >once<, but even in my dream I was immediately busted for it. All the others, I get the drug but never manage to use it.
Catsanddogs111
Im almost 13 years out and I still dream sometimes that I smoke! I never would as it smells disgusting to me now.
MrOatcake
18 years here - Me too! Fortunately, the fact that they're about £20 a pack now puts me off whenever I get the urge.
circlebreaker
I've been at it for decades, but never dream about it in the same sort of way as people never use computers/cell phones in dreams. There's always something else going on, I guess?
ChelVanin
Funny, i do dream about using phones and the like. I guess I incorporate my addictions into my residual self image more than most people.
circlebreaker
Huh, never really think about phones being addictive. Bit of a lucky duck with those extra features in your dreams IMO.
rncewnd
11 days here. Stay strong.
ablamboo2
Keep at it. One day at a time
IAmDuckHammer
7 days is a wonderful start. I'm trying to not smoke (I do cigars), but it's only once in a while due to my high stress levels.
ariesmelody941
Congrats @OP, I quit smoking 5 years ago, the first few months was hard for me.. Keep going, it won't be easy but it's worth it. https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1N2NlenVuaWQ2cTJ2MW5sZjF2am03ZWt1M3BiZnlyMjU1cDAwZDdhdiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/fnK0jeA8vIh2QLq3IZ/200w.webp
HighMagosSquidward
Good job. Two weeks or so and the chemical withdrawals will be over. 3 months and the habits associated with smoking will change. After about a year you wont think about it anymore. It gets easier. I recommend having a thing to distract you when the impulse comes. Some people use hard candy.
LucilleWhoKnowsNot
I quit my 10 year smoking habit 35 years ago. I still sometimes dream about smoking.
TheMurphening
Nice! Congrats. I quit tobacco and still trying to kick vapes now. Love seeing others win. Hope to be right there with you soon!
TheConfusedShoes
Keep going dude. Tried quitting a bunch of times and I just hit a year without one. Gets easier.
Slvrdgr
To those that have kicked the habit, does the "fuck i just want a cigarette " urge every truly go away?
I've 'quit' smoking, idk how many times now, sometimes its for a couple of days, sometimes it's weeks or even months, longest streak was almost a year. Tried patches, gums, cold turkey, slow turkey, after a few days yea im fine on the day2day, can start noticing/enjoying the benefits, But that desire for the cigarette itself just lingers back there in my mind, like a friend that I miss...
redtruck
Tobacco use is an addiction. You can stop using, but you can't quit an addiction. It is always there. Quitting triggers is the way to go
BobTheWeak
It's been 10+ yrs. And when life gets tricky, & I've had a few, & I get a whiff on the air, my brain lies to me & tells me a cig would taste great right now. It is a lie. 1) Cigs are designed to taste good, only after your body has numbed its senses. The first one in months is always, *always* revoltingly awful. 2) I quit for a reason. It was a hard-fought battle to get here. 3) 100% of smokers want to quit. I'll repeat those a few times & remember my brain is a lying-ass scumbag liar. FU brain!
Slvrdgr
Maybe im wired differently, after basic training (3 months clean cold turkey) the smell was still alluring to me, when I finally broke down and bought a pack the very first hit was like taking a bite of a delicious forbidden fruit. (Obviously delicious is an over exaggeration, but I've yet to be revolted)
It's like that friend that is a horrible influence on you, that as much as you dont want to, you have to cut ties, and only you can enforce the boundaries the friend has 0 respect for..
tzahtman
Not 100%, no. I haven't had a cigarette in thirteen years and, while rare, the urge still occasionally pops up randomly out of nowhere. Luckily at that point the reaction is less likely to be " I should have a smoke" and more "wow where did that come from. Cigarettes really do quite a number on your brain.
ariesmelody941
I quit smoking 5 years ago, and the urge some times come especially when I had a bad day, or saw someone smoking. But I hate the smell of cigarette now, so I never think about starting to smoke again.
CalvinMcFly
5 years free here after 20plus years of smoking. I enjoy sitting downwind of a cigarette. It smells delicious. I'll never go back but mmmm... almost like smelling fresh baked bread.
TsubakiTragic
Yes, the urge does go away. When I quit I was on 60 cigarettes a day and I knew they were killing me. Yep, the first month was hard, the next not so much, and so on... that was 16 years ago. By the end of that quit year (2009) I was free as a bird from cigarettes and from then on I rarely thought about smoking. We are all different.
Catsanddogs111
After a few months, the smell was disgusting and not tempting at all to me. Im 13 years off with no cravings or wanting to have one at all.
peppymints
It’s complicated. I haven’t smoked in 14 years. The smell on someone is repulsive. That reaction came on rather quickly…
I occasionally imagine the physical sensations without the reeking odor as pleasurable. I think this is just my mouth being bored and I have some coffee and a mint. I would absolutely never smoke again. I like to run and climb.
Rangetroop
I can only say that it took me to feel that I had passed the point of no return to stop.
Woke up one morning feeling worse than ever after 27years of smoking and said " oh fuck, I have killed myself, this shit stops now"
Can't say I get the urge to smoke any more but I eat and drink too much now days.
ItsFRONKENsteen
I quit in 1990. I smoked up to 3 packs a day. Now I hate smelling them at all
AIisAbutnotI
After a few years, yeah. Now smoke just makes me wince and walk the other way. Hang in there. You got this.
beeeeeeerkaaaaa
For me, yes. Quit cold turkey in 2020. Never craved it again and can't imagine smoking. I got lucky though.
Pevinsghost
You almost made it. About a year is when you usually manage to clear the MAOI that form the long term addiction stressors usually trigger.
Vaping actually had me clear in about 6 months. I know because I started having that same desire build, bummed a smoke and didn't even finish the cig, it just wasn't as good after having had something that tastes so much better. I've been cig free 14 years and zero pull to go back.
PleaseDontLookAtMyUsername
1-2 years of daily cravings. They'd only last 10m or so, but gradually it ended up being once a day, then once every other day, and now it just doesn't happen - I've been cigarette free for about 6 or 7 years now.
Do I think about cigarettes still? Yeah, kinda, but in that 'that was fun' way, not in the 'man, I'd love a smoke' way.
suckstoyourauntie
I read Allen Carr's book about quitting, and it's really good at dealing with those intrusive thoughts. It's an easy read, just some anecdotes and brain-training psychology. Sounds like you've already done the hard work, but it might be helpful.
wseslar
For me, after about 2 months I absolutely hated the smell of cigarettes. The smell of the smoke on people. That putrid scent has kept me from ever considering going back, and in fact triggers some sort of irrational rage within me that is hard to contain. Maybe it's how I developed my coping mechanism to keep from relapsing, or maybe I just absolutely hate the fact the people are willingly killing themselves. I don't know, but fuck tobacco, and I wish it could be banned for everyone's health
criminently
That's how I feel about alcohol.
wseslar
I wish I could figure out how I programmed myself like that to hate cigarettes to also include alcohol. I want and need to stop, but I just haven't figured out how. Meetings don't work and "harm reduction" isn't an option. I need to find something more important, but this environment just doesn't provide it for me.
If you were previously an alchy, congrats and keep up the hard work! If you weren't, I appreciate your input and giving me another mindset to consider based on my previous success.
criminently
No, I don't think I was an alcoholic. The last time I drank tho I had a hangover for 2 days and ever since I hate it. I also hate being around drunk people. Stoned people are much easier to deal with, just feed them 😊
wseslar
Work says I'm not allowed to do that anymore, after failing a random in a legal adult use State. Started using alcohol as a crutch cause I hate being clear headed, but I don't care for this person that I am. I've never had a real bad hangover because I sufficiently hydrate myself, but I also have no ambition. It's weird not wanting to do something, yet it's the first thing I do when given the chance. I remember feeling this way with nicotine, but somehow this is much different.