Could use a smoke right now......

[a kennedy]

it's been 576 days since I've had one, but d*mn I could use a drag right now. Feeling anxious for some reason......holidays I guess.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. me too.........

[swimboy]

2. The cravings do come around

but they'll pass on if you don't feed them.

[HughBeaumont]

3. My friend quit heroin and MDMA.

Went to extensive rehab and has been clean for three years.

Guess which habit he STILL cannot quit.

My other friend quit 3 years ago and STILL has slight cravings after a few beers or some stress.

See, it's examples like yours, my grandmother's, my friends, etc, that I cannot tell my kid enough to never start cigarettes. It's simply not worth it. $1000 a year to die slowly.

[MissMillie]

4. congratulations!

imagine how good it's going to feel to say you have 577 days under your belt!

[BlueIris]

5. I feel that. And I don't think it's the holidays.

Normally, I save these posts for the Astrology forum, but--I've been having a not-so-great feeling about...something ever since we hit November. At first, I convinced myself that it was just SAD or I wasn't getting enough vitamins or I was just worried about the future generally, but--I am having a massive panic attack right now about not much of anything. Watch the headlines tomorrow; it could get weird.

ETA: And congratulations on remaining nicotine free, which I hope you continue to do, even if bad stuff happens tomorrow.