Years before I quit smoking, I was extremely conscious of how much I hated everything about the experience of smoking. Even the hit at the back of the throat and oral fixation (which is what I craved, not wanted).
I specifically wanted to stop for 5 years. I did not have the willpower to push through cravings. I wanted to stop smoking, I needed to have a smoke.
Addiction is not a matter of wants or desires, that's what gets you addicted. Addiction is a biological bug. A year later and I still have flashes in my subconscious of the sensation of drawing in a smoke.
This "want" nonsense trivializes what addicts go through and needs to stop, please.
definition of want: have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.
definition of crave: feel a powerful desire for (something).
These really aren't all that different of words.
Imho, you recognized how distasteful smoking was to yourself and others, you thought it would be a good idea to quite - but as you said, you "craved" or as I said "wanted", another smoke at all times. Need? Smoking was never needed, that's a complete misnomer.
I am 3 days clean from a 10 year habit, so I guess I could ask you not to trivialize my experience please.
I specifically wanted to stop for 5 years. I did not have the willpower to push through cravings. I wanted to stop smoking, I needed to have a smoke.
Addiction is not a matter of wants or desires, that's what gets you addicted. Addiction is a biological bug. A year later and I still have flashes in my subconscious of the sensation of drawing in a smoke.
This "want" nonsense trivializes what addicts go through and needs to stop, please.