From a quit smoking web site . .

Does anyone here agree with the following?

I've tried, since day one of my quit, to try and think of myself as a non-smoker.

Could I go back to my former 2 pack a day habit? Probably pretty easily. But a "never-have-smoked" person could start up a 2 pack a day habit pretty damned easy, too. A "never has" and an "ex" are pretty much the same in that regard.

I also think this "once an addict, always an addict" thinking is...dunno...self-defeating and a bit on the "woe is me" side of things. But
I also think that if thinking that way helps a person stay quit, then I'm all for it. Whatever it takes to not smoke.

I'm a non-smoker. Therefore, like most of the rest of the non-smokers in the world, I don't smoke. Ever. I'm just like my "never has" wife in that regard.

I'm not really sure if the above is exactly what I'm trying to say. LOL I hope it makes some sort of sense.

I think so too Liz. After a year of quit, I don't like to read that I'm still an 'addict', if you know what I mean.

Where is that from?

I agree with it. I am a puff away from a pack a day.

It makes perfect sense.

B*ll*cks! We all have freedom of choice. If we can grow these receptors we can also let them die back.
And this bit *is* true

There's much more to smoking addiction than just a "simple" addiction to nicotine.

Odd you should say that, my niece has OCD and it's caused me to take a good long look at our family.... shall I just say there are small signs there...

Me hangin' tough!

I'm sure you will, Liz. We're unlearning decades of bad behavior (everything involved in the 'ritual' that was smoking) which is more akin to obsessive-compulsive behavior than it is to addiction, imho. The nicotine is long gone. It takes a while for the behavior to completely change and for being a non-smoker to be completely natural.

You hang tough...it only gets better.

I know exactly what you mean! What are we though? Recovering smokers? Cured?

It does! I thought I felt exactly like that but, at 11+ months the cravings started again. They're not really bad cravings, but they're a bit worrying. And today I started liftsharing with a smoker. He doesn't smoke in my car, and I'm used to living with a smoker anyway, but today I've been able to taste the tar....

... maybe it's coming from some untapped reserve deep in my lungs!

I'm sure I'll feel better in a couple of days