Glad you found it helpful, Mercie but I think if you looked back through Freedom's older Nicodemon threads you'd find that many of the suggestions came from input by members, who I'm sure would be wearing warm smiles now if they only knew that they had been able to help you in the wee hours ; )
Many of the above reasons and much of our own junkie thinking have their foundation in the fact that every two hours image the amount of nicotine remaining in the human body is cut by about half. They call it nicotine's half-life and regardless of where we were or what activity we were engaged in, when nicotine feeding time arrived, it was time to feed that endless need.

If we were alone and a bit bored (in the wee hours) when feeding time arrived then we sold ourself on the belief that we liked smoking to relieve our boredom. If we were talking on the phone at feeding time then we convinced ourselves that it was something we like to do while communicating. If we elevated our sagging blood serum nicotine level by smoking in the bathroom, yard, car, during work, play, in the garage, after meals or even after romance, then it was easly to sell ourselves on believing that smoking nicotine went well with these activities or locations, when in truth it all boiled down to the fact that every 20 to 30 minutes a reminder urge would come calling, and our only alternative was the prospect of facing early chemical withdrawal.
Mercie, the only way to make your sensors so that they are no longer fidgety for nicotine is to continue this amazing temporary journey of re-adjustment to the point where engaging life as "you" begins to bring with it longer and deeper periods of freedom from want. It's the comfort periods deepen with time and the health rewards along the way are freedom's amazing bonus!

Unless consciously fixating on a thought of smoking, the next crave trigger challenge will last only a few minutes, Mercie, and be entirely doable! Be sure and look at a clock as time distortion during recovery is very real. Also be sure and keep your memories of what it was like living life as chemical slave vivid, alive and in the forefront of your mind, as the dreams flowing from those simple truths are the wind beneath your wings.

We're here if you need us and there will always be just one rule - no nicotine today, NTAP!

Breathe deep, hug hard, live long.

John

Edited 1 time by FreedomNicotine Feb 15 09 5:15 PM.