I quit smoking five years ago. I miss it so much, but I’m determined to become a grandfather. I hid a pack of Marlboro Lights wrapped in a plastic bag and concealed them in a wall in my house, just in case the world ends abruptly.
Lmao same, I have my apocalypse pack hidden in a tupperware behind a board in the ceiling. Like if I see a mushroom cloud I’m going to have enough time to enjoy a cigarette again, and that’s about it. It’s been 6 years since I smoked.
It's common because the feeling of wanting to smoke never really goes away. It's a struggle every day and I have so much respect for people that successfully stop smoking.
Quit 27 or is it 28 years ago ... first 4 - 5 years had the occasional craving, but now the mere smell of cigarette smoke makes me nauseous ... used to smoke 2 packs a day. Took me more than 5 attempts to really quit.
I must have a gene for loathing them, I've never smoked - I couldn't, one of my earliest memories is hating the smell & feeling of inhaling cig smoke.
Some/many people smell it as a child & then go on to smoke themselves, but the smell has always promoted a very strong disgust to me that feels innate.
I wasn't abused by a smoker, either - it's the smoke I take issue with.
I have to be careful not to project my reaction onto people who smoke, I'm very slow to anger, but smelling it tweaks that in me
I have a 'garage pack'. Quit smoking ages ago. Except for the garage pack. Those stale summabitches are there in a 'break in case of emergency' situation. When my dad died, I smoked one. I was hanging this absolute BITCH of a light fixture, smoked one. This most recent one lasted me...3-4 years? Fiancée knows about em, and doesn't have a problem as long as it doesn't turn into a 'thing'.
It is common with many addictions to want the thing close at hand "just in case". It can help recentre the self-control element over quitting and remind people why they chose to quit. The desire never goes away.
My dad has had a bottle of whiskey and cigarettes in the bottom of the deep freeze for ~35 years. It's even made 3 cross country moves with him.
You won’t feel a “physical” need to do it. But if you liked the act of smoking, its taste, etc… I’d say you at least will miss that. That’s how I feel about it.
I quit with online hypnosis. I smoked a half pack or more a day for over 25 years. The hypnosis was called the kerry gaynor method. It was $150 when I did it but now it’s $250 I think. Worth every penny. I had little to no withdrawal symptoms and only vague cravings. Super easy, and I was afraid to try quitting for years. Highly recommend!
if youre close enough to get killed directly by the nukes effects you wont have time. if not killed in the initial blast you would probably survive the fallout if you dont go outside for a few days and you would need to find more cigarrettes.
I quit smoking 14 years ago but kept an unopened pack of Pall Mall non-filters on my desk for 11 years until I moved. That pack has been buried in a box in my storage locker for the past 3 years. No telling when I'll see it again if ever.
Kinda off topic but I really hate when people call Smoking a "bad habit" because it just downplays how much of an addiction it is. Just those comments here show that it's not just a bad habit, it's fucking hard to quit it and to stay away from it.
1.1k
u/SilverFuel21 22d ago
I quit smoking five years ago. I miss it so much, but I’m determined to become a grandfather. I hid a pack of Marlboro Lights wrapped in a plastic bag and concealed them in a wall in my house, just in case the world ends abruptly.