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brian2day
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My addict's memory---a telling story

Here's an unbelievable tale. I had quit for 8 years after the birth of my son, and about 4 years into this great period of my life, I read an article somewhere that said if you were a non-smoker, and had to have a long flight over many times zones, if you smoked just one cigarette when you landed it would help you adjust to the time zone change. Remember this is 4 years into an 8 year quit period. Well, little did I know at the time of reading this that the addict (smoker) in me had filed this away, deep in my conciousness. 4 years passed, and I had to go to Russia to do a film shoot, and was told to stop in Germany on the way and pick up several cartons of Marlboros to use as barter to get people to help me out in tricky filming situations. I remember being in the duty free shop in Hamburg on my way to Moscow and remembering that article from 4 years passed----and when I landed I lit up, the just one, and was on my way to becoming a full blown smoker again in a few days.
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missy8
Member

That is crazy...i've never heard of that before. It's amazing what the mind can do. Just proves that we fight the addiction for the rest of our lives, not just a few months or a few years...
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miniracer
Member

Very, very bizarre! You sure snookered yourself, didn't you. I guess the addict mind can rationalize anything.
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manofsteele
Member

sucker born every minute.....

u did it before so you know what needs to be done....right?

u can do it and hopefully u have learned from the last time
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manofsteele
Member

sucker born every minute.....

u did it before so you know what needs to be done....right?

u can do it and hopefully u have learned from the last time
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jen-x
Member

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angel2
Member

Danggggg, thank you!!!!!
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jennie3
Member

Wow!
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aloha-lady
Member

Just ONE will always lead to relapse... heck so will just one puff. Please try to NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF the next time you quit. Your body and your family will thank you for it.
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edith2
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That happened to me too. I had quit for 19 months and I got really upset one day and I was thinking of drinking or smoking. I smoked one cigarette and that's all she wrote. It was like I had never quit. I didn't have to catch up either. It's like they say, one is too many and 1,000 is never enough. In my opinion I feel the same way about smoking pot. Those who say they don't smoke and smoke pot are lying to themselves and others. It's like changing seats on the Titantic.
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