think about the times you've quit and then broken down and gone back to smoking.
didn't you talk yourself into smoking?
didn't you have a dialog that you got going with yourself? you know, to the point where your thinking overwhelmed your quit.
compare it to a panic attack. if you keep going in the negative direction there is no turning back. you can build up some discomfort to the point of total fear and fall into what feels like an emotional abyss.
it happened to me after my surgery not long ago. I was in a bed in pain, afraid to move after surgery. i got claustrophobic because i had not moved for 12 hours. I had IV's, monitoring equipment and a foley catheter tying me to that hospital bed so i could not get up and move.
It took a real turning of my thoughts to not totally freak out but i turned my thoughts real fast and didn't go over the edge.
If you start thinking and talking to yourself about how you want to smoke you will take yourself to the point of smoking. Stop the dialong before it gets started!
Don't Go There When You Get A Craving! You honestly can control it and keep your quit.
Believe in yourself not the old lies that held you all these years.
