Quit two years Feb, 2017. In response to, does nicotine craving go down when you smoke less? I went from quitting cigarettes to the lowest dosage of patches and gum for 3 months. So yes, I guess I got used to less nicotine but I hated both the patches and the gum. I had bad dreams even if I took the patch off at night, and the gum hurt my mouth. When I quit the nicotine products I went into extremely deep withdrawal, and had panic attacks, and a lot of other crap. I think eventually you lose the craving altogether. This happened to me at about 14 months. But each time I do something new that I have never done without smoking (such as recently moving) it seems really hard, and I feel sorry for myself, and wonder if I will ever mentally get over quitting smoking. I think it is different for everyone. Two years is a long quit for me and I am pretty happy about it, but my anxiety and depression seem permanent. Why else am I always on Psych Central? My physical health is so vastly improved it is a miracle. I'm training for a half-marathon...a far cry from the coughing gray-faced smoking zombie I used to be. Peeps, you can do it!