"I do not like wanting to smoke.  I realize the only way to stop the wanting is to stop the smoking that creates the want in the first place." You pretty much summed it all up with those two sentences. It really does sound like you have a good grip on your quit journey this time. You seem to be handling the unexpected stress and sleepless days/nights in stride now. Not that you don't have an urge to smoke anymore, but knowing that you can survive the situations without that nasty habit.  Keep it going, almost a WHOLE month already. 

  So your sense of smell has returned to you too? Hard to believe that you used to smell like your partner and his apartment and never really noticed it.  My wife still smokes too, but she goes outside to do it. I can tell whenever she's around.  I know where you're coming from. 

Tim

 Sounds like you are gaining more confidence in yourself on your quit journey every day. Good for you!!! Three weeks tomorrow, then a month, two months, and before you know it, it will be your 6 month anniversary. Time is going to seem to go quicker  for you now too since you're not spending so much time thinking about not smoking. It only gets better from here on. Just make sure to watch out for the triggers, and no matter what situations arise in the future, NEVER give in to the thought of having "just one". You are back in control of your life now again, not that darned NicoDemon. Congratulations on being a quitter for (3) weeks now.  Be sure and reward yourself for all your effort, you deserve it. 

Tim

A miracle!  I just reread my post from yesterday, and realized that it didn't even occur to me to smoke after my work thing yesterday.  I spent exactly zero minutes thinking of cigarettes.  I had one thought late at night after a personally draining/stressful evening, but it was a thought, not a crave, and therefore easily dismissed.  It's working!  I am moving closer to a life where I don't think about smoking or miss smoking.  My dream goal is to simply never think about smoking. I'm so tired of having to add in those extra thoughts, I'd rather use my brain space for something more productive than wanting/plotting a smoke.  I am feeling very optimistic, as I'm still in very early quit days and yet am feeling the freedom from being chained to that particular thought loop. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks.  I sailed right by my record from last year.  It's happening.  I'm quitting.  I've quit.  I just have to keep on doing nothing and the rest will take care of itself :)

Feels good doesn't it?  Made it through hell week and heck week, keep it going. Onto blah week.

Tim

Day 15. I feel like I haven't smoked in forever. ha.

I use Chrome as well.  If I am in a thread, I can click on the back pages of it no problem, but if I am in the title pages I can't see get past the first page.  I got a few extras by changing my settings to "view 50 posts at a time," so that'll keep me busy for now :)

Tim

Can someone let me know how I can access the archives of this board?  I can only see the first page of each sub-forum. When I click on the numbered pages, it just reloads the front page.

Never "bum" one. There's no such thing as "just one". That's the easiest trap to fall into and blow your quit journey. Soon the "I think I can" is going to turn into "I KNOW I can", and the urges will become distant memories. Just keep taking it one day at a time, and those days will add up quickly on your meter.  

Tim

Made it through the long weekend, I think today is Day 13. Almost two weeks without a cigarette, I haven't accomplished that since last year... I still feel like a smoker-trying-not-to-smoke rather than a nonsmoker.  At this point my quit is quite pubic within my social sphere, which is helping.  I don't want to hurt my pride by bumming a smoke from someone. I think my cravings are both physical and mental - I experience strong cravings right about now in the morning (which remind me to take my little half pill of Champix), and then any cravings are more emotional in nature after that.

  That urge to smoke you're talking about, is that a physical urge or a mental urge? Keep changing your routine and don't give in, you can do this.   

Tim

Day 9. The urge to smoke is returning.  I am getting through each urge by just telling myself "not now" and then distracting myself with another activity. Thinking of my entire future without cigarettes is too difficult, but I can handle not smoking *today*.