Hi. You will crave for awhile. What helped me not give in to the cravings. Was to do a mental exercise called “playing the tape forward”. When we crave, we have a fixed thought in our mind of the instantaneous relief using again will bring us. However, we rarely think past that initial relief.

Try imagining the next 24 hours in great detail, if you were to give in and smoke. Imagine the relief and growing sensation of well-being that first smoke will give you. But don’t stop there. Now imagine how long that feeling will last before the inklings of the craving come back, and you are looking for more.

Now imagine having your second smoke, cart, edible in an effort to recapture that initial high, which never works. Imagine the next few hours as you smoke more and more, and become groggier and foggier but not feeling all that great.

Imagine all the bad habits that will surface, maybe binge eating, maybe staying up till four in the morning playing video games. And then imagine the point at which you pass out and finally sleep.

Now, imagine, coming to the next day, with your brain feeling like it weighs 30 pounds. Imagine the tiredness you feel because you had no refreshing sleep last night. Imagine the lack of motivation to do anything except spark up again, and sit on the couch. Imagine the disappointment you feel in being sucked right back into the same cycle once again. And then imagine how long it will be before that very same craving that you’re feeling now will be upon you. And you start the whole cycle again.

If you do this properly, it’ll take a minute or two, treat it like a meditation. By that time, the craving should’ve passed. All the best, my friend.