Community Experience · Baidu Tieba (Quit Smoking bar)
A Year and a Half Quit, Then a Return to Smoking
After quitting abruptly for a year and a half on willpower alone, a community member relapsed — reporting that the craving never fully went away during that entire smoke-free period.
Experience snapshot
- Quit method
- Cold Turkey
- Years smoking
- Not reported
- Cigarettes per day
- Not reported
- Quit attempt number
- At least 2
- Age group
- Not reported
- Gender
- Not reported
Reported outcome
Relapsed after 1.5 years smoke-free.
Relapse
Yes — Not reported
What can be learned
Willpower alone kept the person smoke-free for 1.5 years, but the underlying craving persisted throughout.
Evidence status
This is a single community report (community-report). It describes one person's experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence.
This page summarizes a community-reported personal experience. It does not constitute medical advice or scientific evidence. Identifying details have been removed.