What About Damage To Your Psyche?

[JonesCarpeDiem]

Or, self respect?

This permission to smoke called a "slip" hurts your quit.

I liken it to putting holes in your armor.

Think about that one.

When people believe slips are ok,

They've already given themselves permission to smoke.

[elvan]

I quit many times and relapsed...I didn't call them slips because I was unfamiliar with that terminology.  I always beat myself up so much when I started smoking again that my self hatred completely destroyed my self respect and each time, I had to start over and face my very disappointed family in addition to myself.  I would never, ever want to do that again. 

[OldBones-Larry]

Every time I tried to quit before and failed, my self-respect went down the privy. I really found it hard to look at myself in the mirror for quite a while.