Next month will be 31 years since I quit smoking. Last night I dreamed I was smoking.

[raccoon]

I'm still dreaming about it. Go figure.

[cyberswede]

1. Me too!

But it's only been about 15 years since I quit.

I just had a dream about it last week - and, as usual, I was incredibly relieved when I realized it was a dream.

Subconscious is a weird thing.

[arcane1]

2. As I suspected, the dreams probably never go away.

I quite for the 2nd time in December and I'm getting the dreams again too. That damn little devil never dies, he just goes into hiding!

[a kennedy]

10. The receptors in our brain for smoking will never be eliminated.....

And I do miss it terribly...... But I know that if I EVER have a drag of a cigarette I'd start again. But what's funny is... I can smoke joints and not even think about a regular cigarette. I only smoke the MJ about once a month or so......

[arcane1]

12. Same here, I know it's waiting for a moment of weakness, but I will win!

[Burma Jones]

3. 18 Years for me since I quit smoking

And the urge still pops up from time to time.....Even though I chew about 10 pieces of Nicorette a day.....I like what Nicotine does for my Brain......

[whistler162]

4. And woke up with your pillow

burned half way down.

[geardaddy]

5. Me too...

[Skittles]

6. the nicodemon never really leaves you does it

it lurks, waiting to pounce

sounds like you've done a terrific job denying it its jollies

[rurallib]

7. Just telling my SIL about "the dream" all us ex-smokers seem to have

The one where we start smoking again.
For some it is quite vivid and real. It (was) is for me.
When I first quit I had it at a frequency of about once a month. It eventually tapered off to the point where I think it has been over a year.
- It was always the same dream almost in every detail and I would always wake up in a cold sweat, having returned to smoking.

I quite nearly 40 years ago. Everyone I have ever talked to who has quit remembers some form of the 'starting again' dream.

[madamesilverspurs]

8. Almost 14 years for me.

Dreams now and then. And there are times, like when I'm really tired, when the phone ringing has one hand looking for the cigs while the other goes for the phone.

[a kennedy]

9. OMGosh......I quit on May 2nd 2005.....and I had a dream MY HUSBAND was smoking.....

And he NEVER smoked. I think about smoking a lot...... D*mn.

[Crewleader]

11. Good for you raccoon, 31 years.

I quit in 92' so that makes it 22 years for me.

[kwassa]

13. I quit 30 years ago, and have had maybe 2 dreams in 30 years.

Because I did a gradual taper-off method, I had almost no nicotine in my system when I quit, had no cravings after I did, forgot I ever smoked in a couple of weeks.

Cigarette smoke repulses me now, and has for a long time. I so rarely encounter it that I am shocked when I do. No attraction for me, whatsoever.

[bluesbassman]

14. Better keep a fire extinguisher handy in case you ignite.

Sometimes spontaneous combustion follows smoking.

Congrats on being smoke free all these years!