For those who have quit smoking to come and tell me to get a grip.

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Cravings are getting to me so much tonight.

Tell me to get a grip and that it will get better.

It's been over 2 weeks now.

I just can't wait for that feeling better feeling to come.

I have a chest infection and battling a cold, then it's the sore throat. I feel like I can't breathe.

Got are doing so well - hang in there!

Giving up is so hard... You are doing brilliantly and are very strong - most people cave way before 2 weeks. Tomorrow you will feel amazing fire adding another smoke free day to your grand total!

I gave up 6 years ago after nearly 20 years of smoking and can honestly say is one of the best things I have ever done for myself. Keep going!

Well done to those who have managed to quit.

I have saved this thread and if I'm ever tempted to pick up a fag again I will reread this.

I have smoked on and off since I was 12. I'm 30.

You're doing so well. Sounds like the therapy is helping but if you're feeling like this due to a missed session you could do with some other distraction / coping methods to help you get through periods like this - a bath sounds like an excellent plan! Is there anything else you could do to take your mind off it?

Also would it help to know that what you're experiencing ISN'T a craving for cigarettes? Cravings only last for 20 minutes and by now any nicotine in your system is long gone - you're officially craving-free! What you're going through is stress/anxiety as a pp said - and you can totally get through that. I mean look, you gave up cigarettes which is the hard bit! Congratulations on being an ex-smoker!

ps I quit 6 years ago, spent 5 years having the odd one socially until 14 months ago when I stopped for good knowing I'd be trying for a baby. Now I'm cig-free I don't know why I bothered with all those social smokes! Don't miss it at all :)

Thank you very much for last night, in work so while it's quiet for 5 come on to mumsnet.

So glad I didn't crack last night.

You can do it! This is the worst bit. The good bits in between the bad cravings will get longer and longer until you don't even think about smoking anymore. Promise.

I smoked 10 a day for 20 years. Gave up Jan 2014 - not a single puff since. I do keep a very low nicotine vape in my handbag if I am going out for a drink, though - just in case I get pissed and have a weak moment (has only happened twice in 2 years).

I found the first 2 months hideously hard, then it got easier and easier very quickly.

The Easy Way To Stop Smoking was the thing that helped me. I never would have believed that reading a book could have made the process so easy. I didn't even have any cravings!

Maybe try reading Allan Carr again? There's a reason it's called the easy way to stop. It does work. You know you can do without smoking now though so keep going

Well done for not cracking last night! That's a fantastic achievement. It's bloody hard, I know. I quit 18 months ago after 15 years of smoking and countless attempts to quit. It really, really is the best thing I have ever done.

I read Allan Carr and haven't had a cigarette since and that was 8 years ago, at 2 weeks of no cigs you will have broken the nicotine withdrawal, what you are missing is the habit and the comfort of the habit of hand to mouth action, I found keeping my hands and mind busy helped, I rediscovered knitting and did lots of needlepoint, but if not for you you could try the adult colouring books, but please stick with it, I was a raging ball of emotions for the first few weeks of swinging between temper tantrums and a sobbing snotty mess so you sound like you are coping better than I did.

Try having a bowl of grapes in the fridge. I used to grab a few grapes every time I had a craving and munch on them. At a calorie per grape, no putting on weight either. I'm addicted to grapes now, but not fags.

The first fortnight is so so hard but you've got through that now and I promise you it gets easier. Don't go back to square 1, you would kick yourself!

Plus - that cigarette would be horrible, make your head spin, stink to high heaven, generally be vile. Not the pleasant experience you think it would be.

I used the microtabs when I quit but I see that you don't want to do nicotine replacements. Cold grapes are a fab idea, ice cubes (made with squash if you like) work, celery has a satisfying crunch, also sugarfree boiled sweets keep your mouth busy. Stick with it. You have done so well already

Well Done, can also second the Allan Carr book eight years for me next month! You can do it, the cravings are now just in your mind your body is actually already free of it! Keep up the brilliant work.

Allen carr for me too.
You're doing great.
Every time you don't give in to the craving you're starving that monster.
It is so great to be free from nicotine addiction.

At the risk of causing offence (sorry in advance) vaping looks ridiculous like a crack pipe and shows up smoking and similar for the pointless addiction it really is.
Smoking doesn't even feel nice not like drinking, which is lovely

Well done OP! you've done the hardest part, the physical cravings are out of your body, now you just need to crack the psychological ones.

I quit 2.5 years ago with Allen Carr. After the first couple of weeks I made a conscious effort to put smoking to the back of my mind. If I felt a craving I would just think "but I don't smoke anymore" and think of something else to do. If you tell yourself you're a non smoker you'll believe it. Don't give in, you've done brilliantly.

Well done, you're doing great, you've done the worst bit.

I did two things that helped me a lot. I put all the money that I would have spent on smoking into a jar and treated myself to something every month. If you saved for a year you could probably buy a holiday.. I also took up swimming and really noticed the difference in my breathing each time. It's been ten years for me this month. I can't even remember the date I stopped, just know it was Feb!

You're doing fab. You should be starting to get your senses of smell and taste back, so treat yourself to something really nice to eat or drink. I really strughled with the first month or so, having smoked 30 a day for 10 years, but I haven't smoked for 13 years now.

There's an app called "Cessation Nation" where you put your quitting date in and it calculates how much money and time you've saved. I've apparently saved £7.5k...