If you fail at a quit attempt, what will you change the next time?
This process reminds me of the PT folks in rehab who insisted I swing through the air on crutches to get up the one step to my patio to get in the back door (I could not put weight on my broken leg in a soft cast) in order to come home. It was TERRIFYING - a sixteenth of an inch miss would have me hitting the edge of the step and nothing would stop me from a fall straight back! Most times I would be shaking with fear to the point I couldn't even get the momentum to try. Then one Sunday my usual youngster PT was not in and an older woman took her place. She wanted to work with me in the TV room; I insisted I needed to practice the step jump in the regular PT setting. She asked me to explain - and - OMG - her answer? “How silly! You just need to have a no arms chair on the patio, crutch up to the step, turn around and sit, then rotate to the side and stand - have them put the chair inside the back door, turn around and sit, rotate...” I was able to come home two days later - no swinging through the air required!
There is ALWAYS another way! If one thing doesn't work; think of it differently. Just like quitting smoking - if doing it one way doesn't work - try another! If you didn't use an NRT, try one. If you used one, did you change up your routines? Did you do any reading on your addiction? Did you write down your reasons for quitting and keep it with you? Same with things to do to distract yourself.
Sometimes all it takes is looking at the problem differently!
