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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: zonder who wrote (34332)5/12/2005 9:18:14 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (3) of 90947
 
Congrats on your abstinence. If you quit in January, unfortunately you still might not be over the hump. Many years ago, I too quit in January. Cold turkey. I chewed on straws in bars and gum after my morning coffee. By summer, I was convinced I had beaten it for good. Then someone offered me a smoke. Just one I thought. No problem, I don't have the habit any more. So, I smoked my first cigarette in six months. The following week, someone offered me another. Sure, why not. Then another. And another. The next week, I bought a pack, just to have around, in case I wanted just one. Within three weeks, I was back to where I was before I "quit".

After a couple months of that, I remembered why I wanted to stop in the first place. I threw away my smokes and haven't touched one in 25 years.

I hope you can avoid the kind of relapse I and so many others have had in beating this addiction. Congrats so far...!
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