r/stopsmoking • u/Pleasant-Adagio-5442 • 9h ago

Intrusive smoking thoughts? Help!

Hi! I’m over nine months quit, and I am so glad I did—my life, my mood, my health—everything has improved. I have more time on my hands, and I love coming back on here to support other people (we got this!). My only issue (and I have OCD, for context) is that I have these jump scare thoughts like What If I Start Smoking Again and Have to Go Through Withdrawal Again—I get legitimately terrified. I have noticed myself romanticizing smoking a little bit—since I am further along in my quit, and I sometimes forget how nasty it is—but in response to those thoughts I feel almost a genuine horror because I know I’m only human and could fall right back into it someday. Anyway, I’ll talk to my therapist about it, too, but I wonder if anyone has experienced this! Good luck, everybody, and thank you!

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u/EquivalentMonk3886 9h ago

Dont react to those thoughts let them rise and fall..eventually brain realises this isnt important to him and stops sending them after a while. Thats part of recovery of addiction