Gday

I light a mozzie coil ever night from here on in till winter on our back verandah. My bbq lighter a gas lighter with a long flexable neck had died on me. Kept forgetting to buy another and was getting bored of pulling the grates out of the Grill and lighting the burners with the built in clicker then lighting the mozzie coil then reassembling the bbq.

Forgot to buy one again! Stopped at the servo ( gas station) and bought an old school box of match’s to cover me.

Well lighting a match was interesting. Woow that little Nico monster sprang up trying to remind me that was the smell when you light a cigarette. I’ve not light a match in years and I was shocked at first but I just said “really?” And refused to argue the point with trigger Never give a crave any power by taking it seriously. 
Tonight used a match again to light the mozzie coil and …. Nothing really. Yes I like that old school sulphur smell. It’s a comfortable smell from the past but cigarette smoke No that’s not what I’d think of as anything nice.  
Im not worried about not having a bbq lighter now. I’m just going to enjoy that matches smell for a few days more. I rather like sticking it too that little Nico monster thinking it could ambush me……
 

Edited December 11, 20241 yr by Cbdave
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Hello @Cbdave.... It's amazing how deep seated those nicotine craving triggers can emerge out of nowhere eh?

 

Good for you for just allowing that nasty old trigger and craving to just be without giving it any power or control. That nico Monster no longer has any power over you becasue you are shining the light of awareness on it. 

 

You are absolutely right that the thought of smoking and a craving for smoking is not a command to smoke. 

 

Many thanks for sharing your story.

 

Good for you for keeping the quit.

 

Warm Regards,

 

Gene

 

 

Me too @Cbdave. Thanks for sharing this experience. Certain smells and sounds are really evocative of smoking for me, also. What gets me most is the smell of wet leaves and rivers. The longer my quit becomes, the more these things hit me as powerful body memories - not actual temptations to smoke again. It’s nice to be able to differentiate between the two feelings…  which I couldn’t do early in my quit.

We will always have to be on our guard 

I suppose … 

We smoked a long time … 

Well done Dave . You stayed strong 🐸

Gday 

To any thinking of giving the smokes away and thinking that Chris still gets craves at 9 years……. Forget that junky thoughts.

Ive had that reminder…. Wouldn’t give it the name of crave, makes you Think it’s got power. 
As a smoker yes I’ll never forget and frankly that my strength not a weekness. As a smoker I’d have 20 craves a day and gave into most of them! Now I’ve had one little pissy reminder in so many years not hours.

I’ll give you a promise! 
You know those craves Yes those ones you thought were impossible to ignore. The first cig off the day , the post meal one. Etc Well because you face them more they are the first to weaken and disappear. 
You ignore and wait out a crave and in 5 mins it’s gone and guess what you’ll still be here. If it comes back you’ll be stronger and it will be weaker…. And weaker. 
I’m not scared of a crave. I don’t  fight them I just ignore them…..