Drinking Alcohol and Your Quit

[YoungAtHeart]

"Alcohol reduces the functions of the behavioral inhibitory centers in the brain, Forbes reports. It also slows down how information is processed in the brain. When you see, hear, taste, or smell something, your brain processes this information and then tells you how to think or feel. Alcohol interferes with this process, making it harder for you to work out what you are feeling and also making you less likely to be able to really think through potential consequences."

How Does Alcohol Lower Your Inhibitions and Cause You to Make Bad Decisions? 

Thus,  the thought of "just one" can take hold of you, and you won't be thinking beyond the dopamine hit.  It also impacts your decision making about the amount you should drink, further enhancing your chance of a quit relapse.

A quit is a terrible thing to lose.  Please keep it your #1 priority;  don't drink.

Nancy

[Mandolinrain]

Alcohol rarely improves any situation in long terms especially smokers. My saying is...if I 'NEED' alcohol that bad, then I have a bigger problem. Alcohol and new quits make for a bad mix

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Bad Brew Bad Brew what chu gonna do

Drinking leads to smoking you can bet it's true.

[Giulia]

Read and heed.   

I was out with some friends drinking, I thought I could enjoy that one cigarette with being smoke free for 5 years. Was I wrong, it was gradual but i started smoking more, then it went to almost a pack a day.

July 6, 2018 "I lost a beautiful 6 months' quit to one cigarette at a party; it took me 15 years to quit again."

Of course, there were a few beers with the cards and smokes....  And I just said, "What the heck! I'll smoke just one,,,,"  One turned into 3 that night and I thought it would be easy to get smober in the morning!  N.O.P.E.!  I was hooked and other than a few jitter-quits I smoked n for the next 12 Years!" 

I was over a decade quit and thought one wouldn’t hurt me (yes, alcohol was involved ...

The above is from:  THE EX ONE PUFF FILES‌

[SimplySheri]

[MarilynH]

Our quits must be our #1 priority so we can live a Smokefree Life, thank you Nancy. ....

[alysonoholic]

So true - 98 days later and i'm actually enjoying not drinking too!