Reset Quit Clock?

[jaynalynn]

I have heard a lot of people here say they have slipped and had to start all over and reset their quit clock.  So what consitutes a relapse in your book?  Is it a puff, a cigarette, is it smoking for 1 day, a whole pack, a weekend, a week, a month......I'm just curious what other people consider a relapse.  Do you hold yourself to the same timeframe if you have not smoked for a week vs. 10 years?

Last updated 7 hours ago by Jaynalynn

I have been completely  smoke free for 3 days now. If i subtract the one ciggerette that i smoked friday night it has be 5 days. But  I don't think that does me any justice. I would have to say that any nicotine in your systems would be a relapse. At the end of the day its the reasons we quit that really matters. 

Stay strong

Digitalcheffe 6 hours ago

I'm with the above.  Sneaking a drag or smoking a whole cigarette - or whole day or pack - bottom line is, you smoked!  It's time to be honest with ourselves.   We can sneak around and hide our smoking from our spouse, our parents, our coworkers - but dang if we can hide it from ourselves.  You KNOW it's going to taste bad.  You KNOW it's going to smell bad.  You KNOW how hard the first few days are.  Is it worth it?  Then it's worth resetting your quit clock.

Just my opinion - more reinforcement for myself than anything!

Sunbow 6 hours ago

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[JonesCarpeDiem]

I personally allow  people 1 cigarette, one time only. This is strictly out of the slim possibility they forgot they quit.

More than one?  You didn't forget, you chose to smoke again.

Aren't I the benevolent one?

LOL

[trica]

Not even one puff.  If you take a puff, reset your clock.  How else are you going to keep your quit strong?

[vickie10]

What's the worst day?

[ctm]

To me it's a single puff.  That's all it takes to blow a quit.  Once you put the nicotine back in your system, you have to go through the physical withdrawal again.  Most people (like 95%) go back to smoking full time.

[zoe2]

Be proud of the three days you have and keep up the good work.  You'll be at five again real soon.  Every hour counts. 

Me...I'm on day one, so I don't have much room to talk.   The last time I had three days, last spring, I smoked one and that was it for me.  I went back to smoking full time within the same day.

[cc_]

If an acohloic drinks one drink then he relapased. In my mind this is just as hard to quit and should be treated in the same manner. My behavior compleatly changes when I slip. I drive around looking for one of my freinds that will have  smoke and then bum it. That is crazy behavior. It almost like I like the thrill of hunting one down then once I have it I fell so stupid. I loose compleate controll of my mind. So for me it should count and you start over with your days!

[trica]

Jaynalynn please click on CTM's page and click on Not another puff by Joel Splitzer.  This book will help you!

[Rick_M]

One puff means you are smoking again and starting  withdrawal all over again. 

[ctm]

Here is some information from whyquit.com.  Basically a bunch of horror stories from people who lost their quits after a single puff.

http://www.ffn.yuku.com/topic/11388