Phillip,
I understand your frustration. Yes, it can be very, VERY frustrating seeing people, especially people further along than you are smoke, but those are their quits and you MUST concentrate on yours. Otherwise, you are going to drive yourself crazy!
I remember getting mad at "slippers" who smoked and didn't reset their meters too... until I became one of them and walked a mile in their shoes and realized what it was really like to have to make that decision. I'm not excusing it, mind you. I'm not saying it's OK to smoke and not reset... I'm just saying that I understand where they are coming from because I have been there.
The only quit you have to worry about is yours. You can ONLY control YOUR quit! Worrying about whether other people are resetting their meters or not is futile because you have NO control over it! Fact: people on this site WILL smoke. Fact: Some of those people will not reset their meters. Fact: I can't stop them from smoking anymore than I can reset their meters for them. Accept these facts, Phillip, and you will be a lot better off.
Yes, I understand your frustration. Really, I do. But would you rather those people who smoked go back to smoking? Resetting the meter is such a blow to your momentum! It makes you not even want to continue a lot of the time! It makes you think "what's the use? If I can blow a xxx days quit, then I can blow a 0 day quit!" And then they smoke... and then they smoke some more... and then they smoke some more... It happens. I would rather they do what's best for them to keep them smoke free in the future than worry about what others think about their meters. Just my opinion. I've learned to not care what others' meters say. I hope that you can too. It makes life a WHOLE lot easier and less frustrating!
Crave the Quit!
Pam
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 255
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,375
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1053.15
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52
