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Post by Dot on Jan 20, 2011 16:39:39 GMT -5
"You never quit quitting. Keep it up. You will win one of these days."
It seems like I go through annual cycles. I will be smokefree for a year or more, then decide I want to smoke, go buy a carton, and smoke for 6 months. Then I'll quit for another year. It's not a matter of win or not! It's more of what mood I'm in from year to year.....not a good way to be, but it is what it is!
Dot
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Post by Don on Jan 20, 2011 16:59:55 GMT -5
Dot, I admire your determination! Every single cigarette unsmoked is much better than any single one smoked. Do what you do, do what you can. Going smokeless isn't one single action but many many little battles fought over the crave of the moment.
btw...on an unrelated matter...I once worked with a guy who hated the two addictions he had and so for six months of the year he would not smoke and then the other six months he would smoke but not drink alcohol. He felt he could never give them both up and figured this was the balance he needed in his life, never being allowed to indulge in both simultaneously. Needless to say, whichever 6 month cycle he was in, he indulged wildly in the allowed vice. Odd but it worked for him.
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Post by Dot on Jan 21, 2011 9:09:48 GMT -5
That's funny, Don. One of my son's quit smoking every New Years for about 10 years, then would start again in July. It was just like a schedule he had to keep! He finally decided not to start again, so has been quit for 4 years now. He's a real hero for me.
Dot
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Post by Bubb on Jan 24, 2011 13:08:01 GMT -5
Dot, I agree with Don....lots of kudos to you for your determination to keep trying. And every cigarette you don't smoke pays off in many ways. One day you'll just feel like saying the hell with it and never smoke again.
I too knew a fellow who was a bit different in his smoking habit. He was a Navy pilot who never smoked during daylight hours.... But those Navy pilots were all kinda weird regardless.
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Post by slim on Jan 28, 2011 13:23:13 GMT -5
You know Dot it would be easy to just keep smoking. It does take courage to keep quitting.
My FIL, does something similar by quitting for a while and then goes back to it after a while. Back and forth now for a few years. Now he smokes a pipe and that actually smells worse than cigarettes. Obviously, we know hands down that smoking is not good for our bodies and will harm us one way or another. Anything in moderation is fine....i just know that if i have one i will have another...and so on. I would say it works like that for most addicts. I would like to say that i just proud that you keep coming back and showing us that quitting is important. I pray this is your final quit!!! You know we are all pulling for you!
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Post by Flo on Feb 23, 2011 18:04:32 GMT -5
Dot, never quit quitting! To paraphrase Churchhill, when going through Hell, keep going.
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