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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8

Hi Catherine,

I would just chime in and say, don't make the mistake I made after slipping up 2 years ago which was to think I could manage slipping up and smoking occasionally. Sure enough, after deciding it was OK to smoke occasionally I was smoking again full time before long. Don't beat up on yourself, there is no point in that, but do take it seriously and figure out your strategy to avoid a recurrence. I'm no expert, I only have 8 days, but just wanted to share some support.

James

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11214

Hi Catsneak,

I can really read the disappointment and frustration in what you wrote. I am sorry about your slip. It is disappointing. Try not to be too hard on yourself though. Slips are so common they are considered part of the learning process. It sounds like you have already learned from this slip; which is awesome! Each slip teaches us if we let it.

To answer your question about resetting your counter; that is a personal decision. The tool is for motivational purposes so you do what would make you feel best.

I hope your hang over is long gone and you are feeling a bit more optimistic about your quit.

Take care,

Ashley, Health Educator

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6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 796

Hi Catherine,

Sorry to hear about your slip. It happens sometimes.

Hope you learned something from it. Maybe next time you'll be able to avoid that trigger, or fight it head on and be stronger the next time. 79 days was a GREAT quit. Resetting your quit counter is up to you. You DID quit for 79 days, and hopefully you're back on your quit journey again. No social life? Perhaps you just need to change the way you socialize for now, since you are trying to change your lifestyle by quitting smoking. That is until YOU are back in control of those urges again instead of the nicotine. Then you can go back and hang with your smoking buddies again...while still maintaining those urges.

Don't get too down on yourself for your slip, but remember how you feel now and use that feeling to help you the next time you get an urge to light one up. Depression, anger, sorrow and all the other feelings we have, we have to "re-learn" how to cope with them without smoking. It does take time, but eventually we adapt and then we start feeling elated since WE are back in charge of our life.

Stay strong and when you get an urge, post a message in one of these forums. By the time your done your urge should have subsided.

Not One Puff Ever

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Tim

6 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1

Hi All My name is Catherine and today I go back to day 1 after 79 days smoke free. I used to be part of another forum but it appears to have disappeared in the last month or so. Last night I had 3 cigarettes, whilst having far too much to drink. Since I quit in January I have also tried to avoid triggering situations, the top of the list is going out drinking with work, so I basically haven't had a social life for the last 3 months. I quit with the aid of patches, I have gone through the entire program and my last paycheck was on Saturday. On my 3rd nicotine free day I smoked. I'm so angry with myself, I can't even make excuses, yes I was drunk, but I wanted one. I forgot the most important things in this journey, I forgot my "not one puff" mantra, and I forgot that I am an addict. I forgot that I am addicted to a substance and that I wasn't ready to be out with smokers drinking. I'm so angry. Do I have to reset my app counters to 0? Do I have to start all over again? It's so depressing. It is 4am, I have woken up because I always do when I've been drinking too much, I am hungover which I haven't been for months, and my mouth tastes like an ashtray. I'm so disappointed.

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