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Thread #107847   Message #2240136
Posted By: Nick
19-Jan-08 - 03:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Giving up NRT (Nicotine Replacement)
Subject: RE: BS: Giving up NRT (Nicotine Replacement)
The good thing to be aware of is that you have broken your psychological addiction which is the hardest bit of this and the reason so many people go back to smoking long after the physical dependence has long since gone. The even better bit is the incredibly short time that it takes nicotine to clear your system - 48 to 72 hours depending on how much you are taking in.

So with what you have achieved so far - ie the removal of smoking from your behaviour - the relatively short period of time when the physical withdrawal takes place should be easy compared with the really difficult bit that you have done already.

It's a lovely place to be not feeling the need to have to smoke.

I have never smoked a cigarette or anything since giving up 15+ years ago but there is one psychological link that I never broke. If I go on holiday to somewhere like Greece it comes back to me. I don't get tempted because I know I would go back and I have no need to smoke but it's incredible how after all that time that association is still there enough to trigger me to think about it.

Youve done the difficult bit!