It happens all the time. People blow their quits and come here and say exactly that. No more. Sure there's some "woe is me" thrown in, but they stop short of investigating the very reason they smoked. And that reason is the very thing they need to address in order to quit.
We don't so a single thing in life without a reason, NOTHING.
Let me say it again: We don't so a single thing in life without a reason.
If there is no purpose in doing "X", then we don't bother doing "X". That's the way we are. We don't expend energy needlessly.
So back to smoking! If you have quit and you smoke, you do so because you BELIEVE it will give you something. Something, I don't care how stupid or insignificant, but there is something. SO WHAT IS IT?
If you just blew your quit, don't stop short of at least getting some insight into your addiction. THINK. When you lit that cigarette... what did you EXPECT to get? The answer is invaluable because the answer IS your reason FOR smoking. And that reason is what you need to address... that thinking is what you need to CORRECT -- because I can assure you that it is flawed thinking.
Now, we spent years smoking without thinking, like automations. The addiction would come knocking... and we'd light right up WITHOUT THINKING. Over and over again, like clockwork. But once you quit you have to stop behaving that way and for once think about what you are doing, THINK about smoking. You need to understand it, figure it out, know why you do it, see it for what it really is, strip it of all those fanciful things you thought you liked about it. This is what quitting is.
So if you smoke, please don't tell me you don't know why you did it. Use your noggin and get to the bottom of it. It's not that difficult and it may well prevent you from ever smoking again.
PS: While you can gain quitting knowledge by thinking after a slip... you can gain the same knowledge by thinking BEFORE you slip, which of course is a lot better and less stressful.
Borrowed from a non-smoker
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 536
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 16,104
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1377.52
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 107 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46
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Quit Meter
$285,487.50
Amount Saved
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Quit Meter
Days: 6851
Hours: 18
Minutes: 14
Seconds: 36
Life Gained
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Quit Meter
45678
Smoke Free Days
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Quit Meter
1,141,950
Cigarettes Not Smoked
