I keep reading about people slipping! I realize that it is winter, and,for some of you that is a cold time of year! I even see pictures of ice and snow! I would like to caution all of you who have to walk in that stuff to be careful! When I see a blog about someone slipping, my first thought is "Oh no, I hope they did not hurt themselves"! Then I start reading and find that it is not about someone busting their butt! It is about someone lighting a butt! That is different! You see when you slip, and fall that can be an accident, or just being careless!
Lighting a cigarette is at best premeditated carelessness! At worst it is a decision that you made! You may be having a weak moment. You may be stressed. But it is no accident! You do not walk outside slip, and a lit cigarette falls in your mouth...... just as you inhale! Somebody may have given you one, but you are the one who took it!
My whole point here is that no one else makes you smoke! You do it! When you are having a weak moment, or feeling stressed out, do not reach for a smoke, reach for a friend! If you have not noticed, there are people here, at all hours of the day and night, for the simple purpose of helping you escape the slavery that you are held in! The first thing people do when they start to fall in the ice and snow is reach out for support to keep from falling! The same should apply when you lose your balance in your quit! We are here for you! Reach out for our support! You can do this! We will help!! Tommy
