For me junkie thinking is just me trying to find an excuse to ______. Some form of stress happens and I think ooh boy could I use a smoke! Stress is there on a daily basis so I could easily find an excuse. Dieting is the same, if my mind is not set on what I am supposed to do, I just wait for an excuse to happen and hooray diet is over! The same for me and smoking. I tried a couple other times but really then I did not even want to stop smoking...so I always failed. I remember one time I was so nasty when trying to stop smoking that my family wanted me to go back to smoking.
I stopped smoking on the day I got my 4th pacemaker. I just made it through my dauther's wedding (Aug 23rd), the junkie talk has been there. Luckily it only lasts for a few seconds usually.
I wish we could forever silence our junkies!