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I wanted to smoke a cigarette today
Topic Started: Apr 26 2007, 10:43 PM (341 Views)
Daniel\
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There's only been two days since I quit smoking that I have wanted to smoke. I could have smoked today if I had one. Thinking about everything I've gone through to quit and knowing that someone as deeply addicted as me can't smoke one without starting again- I didn't buy some. It sucks to feel this way and I hope the day when I no longer consider myself a smoker comes soon.

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ivorythumper
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Stay the course, Daniel -- we're rooting for you!
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Dewey
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Hang in there Daniel, you can do it.
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Jack Frost
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Don't. Not even one.

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Mikhailoh
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Yep. If that is your feeling, you can't smoke the first one.
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JUNKIE THINKING: One puff won't hurt
RESPONSE: One puff will always hurt me, and it always will because I'm not a social smoker. One puff and I'll be smoking compulsively again.

JUNKIE THINKING: I only want one.
RESPONSE: I have never wanted only one. In fact, I want 20 - 30 a day every day. I want them all.

JUNKIE THINKING: I'll just be a social smoker.
RESPONSE: I'm a chronic, compulsive smoker, and once I smoke one I'll quickly be thinking about the next one. Social smokers can take it or leave it. That's not me.

JUNKIE THINKING: I'm doing so well, one won't hurt me now.
RESPONSE: The only reason I'm doing so well is because I haven't taken the first one. Yet once I do, I won't be doing well anymore, I'll be smoking again.

JUNKIE THINKING: I'll just stop again.
RESPONSE: Sounds easy, but who am I trying to kid? Look how long it took me to stop this time. And once I start, how long will it take before I get sick enough to face withdrawal again? In fact, when I'm back in the grip of compulsion, what guarentee do I have that I'll ever be able to stop again?

JUNKIE THINKING: If I slip, I'll keep trying.
RESPONSE: If I think I can get away with one little "slip" now I'll think I can get away with another little slip later on.

JUNKIE THINKING: I need one to get me through this withdrawal.
RESPONSE: Smoking will not get me through the discomfort of not smoking. It will only get me back to smoking. One puff stops the process of withdrawal and I'll have to go through it all over again.

JUNKIE THINKING: I miss smoking right now.
RESPONSE: Of course I miss something I've been doing every day for most of my life. But do I miss the chest pain right now? Do I miss the worry, the embarrassment? I'd rather be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke, than a smoker with a constant desire to stop doing it.

JUNKIE THINKING: I really need to smoke now. I'm so upset.
RESPONSE: Smoking is not going to fix anything. I'll still be upset; I'll just be an upset smoker. I never have to have a cigarette. Smoking is not a need, it's a want. Once the crisis is over, I'll be releived and grateful I'm still not smoking.

JUNKIE THINKING: I don't care.
RESPONSE: WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT I THINK I DON'T CARE ABOUT? Can I truthfully say I don't care about chest pain? I don't care about gagging in the morning? I don't care about lung cancer? No, I care about these things very much. That's why I stopped smoking in the first place.

JUNKIE THINKING: What difference does it make, anyway?
RESPONSE: It makes a difference in the way I breathe, the way my heart beats, the way I feel about myself. It makes a tremendous difference in every aspect of my physical and emotional health.
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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John D'Oh
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ivorythumper
Apr 27 2007, 03:00 AM
we're rooting for you

As the Australians would say, TMI, mate.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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George K
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Daniel, don't. Remember how you posted that you wanted to stay quit because the thought of quitting again is so bad? Well, you've quit for, what, four months now? Now it's all psychological, and you're stronger because that's the only demon to fight. The physical one is gone. Don't let him come back.
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John D'Oh
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I had days like that too - one day walking home from the pub, completely slaughtered, I walked up to the all night gas station to buy some. Thank God I didn't have any money, or maybe I peed in my pants, but anyway.

Trust me, it does get better.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Daniel\
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Thank you everyone. I feel better today. I appreciate your support.

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George K
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Good man, Daniel. Good man! :thumb:
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Nothing is as effective as homeopathy.

I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles.
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Daniel\
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:)

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big al
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I'm glad you resisted, Daniel. Such urges become less and less frequent but can emerge from seemingly nowhere. Plays' post is full of wisdom.

I was surprised a few weeks ago when I found my hand going for my shirt pocket to pull out a pack of smokes. I've been quit for over 15 years now, so that reflex took me by surprise. At first, I didn't even realize what I was reaching for.

As I thought about what had happened, I concluded that enough of the old triggers had coincided that they fired off an old behaviour pattern. I originally began smoking regularly doing field construction work and smoked when I took a break. I was in a similar situation, out at an industrial location helping with some outage work. It was late in the evening and I was tired. All these conditions would have been triggers to smoke years ago, and when they all coincided, those neural pathways fired off.

As I said, I was surprised because I can't remember the last time that happened. It can happen, however, and so it's good to be prepared to recognize and resist it.

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Daniel
Apr 27 2007, 01:29 PM
Thank you everyone. I feel better today. I appreciate your support.

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FWIW, it's been a little over a year since I quit. Trust me, Daniel, it gets easier. You can do it! Stay strong.

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