Hello again Mary. Again, read the following articles:
They really all address your question here of about future craves or thoughts. In direct answer to your question, will you ever get to the point that you forget that you ever smoked, the answer is probably yes. I also need to add in the day that happens you had better get back to the site to remind yourself that you used to smoke, and that you were addicted, and that you are still addicted. The day that you forget you smoked is the day that you will totally drop your guard, forget your addiction and be setting yourself up for a potential relapse.
Also, read all of these articles I referred to earlier:
Many of them are based on people who forgot they ever smoked, which have them the idea that they were now safe and which ended up costing them their quits.
No one can guarantee for how long you may have smoking thoughts, but we can all guarantee that these thoughts will never threaten your quit as long as you remember to stick to your personal commitment to never take another puff.
Joel