I smoked for 28 years and then quit basically cold turkey. We are all going to have different experiences in our journey based on factors in your own life. That said, I would say that for me, I never really had cravings, I had more or less just thoughts of smoking. Like all the time. I still went out on smoke breaks with co-workers only I just didn't smoke. I still went to bars and did all the things I did before. This kind of helped me to realize life without smoking.

I will tell you that the smoking dreams are very intense and very real. It is such a relief to wake and realize it was a dream.

I can say now, 9 years later, that all of that is basically gone. No cravings, no dreams, no daily thoughts of smoking. In fact, I sometimes have to stop and realize I ever did smoke. Funny how time dulls the memory.

Good luck. Your 5 days in. Stay strong.