So now I'm %&$#@! smoking again

[Taverner]

:grr:

Anyway, the other day I just happen to stumble upon a co-worker smoking a cigarette. It being such a nice day, and I need an excuse to unwind - I ask him for one and light up.

Soon, I'm just smoking 1-2 a day. Fine - that can't kill you, right?

Then I find I'm buying a pack at my favorite quick stop, which carries my obscure brand (American Spirit Blacks) and I find I'm smoking again...

ARRRRGHHHH!!! I JUST FINISHED UP WITH THE PATCH!!!!


AEEIIIEEEE!!!

[Viking12]

1. It's OK. Quitters are losers.

Hope that helps to rationalize :eyes:

[plcdude]

2. okay it's a set back

but today from this point on for today only make a commitment to yourself not to smoke one. Just for today. Then tomorrow re-decide whether you will smoke. The point is, and this worked for me, you have to decide who is in control - you or the smokes. Take it a day at a time.

[Taverner]

3. Too late

Already smoked one....and I don't think I'm psychologically ready to quit again...

[plcdude]

4. probably true then

so can you set a limit for today that is realistic.

[nashville_brook]

11. i like this... i took it back up after quitting for more than a year

and i am smoking more than i EVER did before. even in college. i have let it take control. i mean that totally, consciously -- i let it take control.

i'll try your method.

[redqueen]

5. Just stop again.

:hi:

[henslee]

6. The temp. of a lit ciggie will vary from 752 deg F to 1292

deg F depending on whether or not you're inhaling or not and which part of the cig. is burning. If one must have a nicotine delivery system, it should not be this one. You are frying your lungs which are fragile and beautiful. In add. to the patch, why don't you try a water pipe or a vaporizor to get the nicotine. Also, the deepest breath most smokers take is when they inhale, if one would practice breathing that deep without smoking or maybe maybe achieve such deep breaths during exercise, the health of ones lungs would be dramatically preserved. Not trying to be a know it all but I was a pack a dayer and I quit. Just want to share.

[rbnyc]

7. No! NO! Stop it!

I quit almost seven years ago, but had a month relapse after 9/11/2001. And I swear, I almost bought a pack a couple nights ago. My brand was right in my face at the store and I thought...oh, cigarettes are so wonderful. They make you lose weight. They give you an excuse to stand outside and do nothing. And they feel soooo great.

But I thought, I'm a mom and I can't smoke, end of story.

You know it's not worth it. It smells. It's crazy expensive. And it's the absolute worst thing you can do for you body.

So just stop it.

;-)

EDIT: BTW, my old brand AmSpi Mediums (Green)

[Misunderestimator]

8. QUIT AGAIN!

And Don't Use the Patch! All you do is keep the nicotine in your system. Cold turkey... get it OUT of your system now.

[xmas74]

9. It's ok.

I just quit this morning. I plan on making it stick this time (I had quit for two years prior to this last bout).
Quit w/in the next day or so and you can be my smoke-free buddy. We can pm each other or something when we need to rant or just want a smoke really bad.

[Kathleen04]

10. Now you'll know

next time that you can't allow yourself to go the route of "oh I'll just have one", because you know that you'll get re-addicted..live and learn..

[plcdude]

12. If it were as simple as

just quit again then not many people would smoke. You will have to have numerous internal conversations about it. Be honest with yourself on whether you really want and can achieve the goal of a tobacco free day, week, life.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. Gee, we must be soulmates.

Your story sounds verrrry familiar, as I just went through the same scenario. My biggest problem is that my husband smokes, so I can't truly be away from it. grrrr.

[Debi]

14. Have you considered an actual stop smoking program

like people in AA or NA use?

That way, when you want just one, you can call someone in your support group to figure out why or better yet to help you NOT have just one.

If you're addicted you're kidding yourself saying you'll just have one a day or two a day. You'll be back to your old routine soon enough.

[Taverner]

15. Not sure 12-steps would work for me

My mom is going through AA for Drinking so I read "the big book"

[Debi]

18. It's not so much the 12 steps as the support system within the

cessation program.

AA has helped so many people that I'm not about to knock it. I know people that AA didn't work for (actually seemed to pile on more guilt and shame about the addiction). But the contacts made through AA with a different program lead to sobriety.

It's a wonderful feeling knowing that a call for help can be made anytime day or night.

I wish you luck - having something have that tight of hold on you must suck! :hug:

[Left_Winger]

16. I was a cigarette smoker for 25 years

and decided to try and quit but I didn't make it; I had to find a middle ground between my addiction and my health. I now smoke a pipe, inhale much less and no one complains about the smell of the pipe (as they did about the cigarettes). Although this is not an ideal solution, it was what worked for me.

When I was off cigarettes and using the patch, all I could think about was having a smoke and it drove me crazy. At the time I was writing my dissertation and could not think or write effectively. When I tried the pipe I was able to complete my work.

You are not alone, quitting is indeed difficult. We all have to find the solution which is right for our own needs.

Best of luck.

[Trigger Hippie]

17. I feel your pain.

I'm trying to quit too, but started again last night after I found out my rent checked bounced. :(

Good luck to you!