I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas (or whatever is appropriate). I hate saying Happy Holidays! Anyway, I have written this before, but I'm going to need some help and advice tomorrow evening ( New Year's Eve). I'm not going to be around smokers--I'm going out with a friend for dinner and then I expect to be returning home. I have this overwhelming urge to buy a pack and smoke one night only--I know it's insane, and dangerous, but the whole idea of smoking for as long as I did was insane and dangerous--and it didn't stop me. Are any of you going to be around tomorrow evening to talk, or write back and forth? I really don't want to ruin 71 days without a puff on one cancer stick, but I freely admit that tomorrow evening is going to be a bugger to get through. HELP DEAR FRIENDS. Augustus
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Reality Check!
WHY are you still allowing the thought of smoking to enter your stream of consciousness? Do you REALLY want to go back to Day One again - and through the last 70, too? Of COURSE you don't! What a waste of a perfectly good effort.
You know that you can never, ever again smoke just one - right?! It will ALWAYS, maybe not right away, but ALWAYS lead you back to being a full-time smoker. Do I need to repeat that? A L W A Y S! It is the law of addiction.
While you are ruminating on that, I suggest you REALLY think about how that one will feel. To begin, the burning in your throat and bronchial tubes will be excruciating, followed by a burning, hacking, almost hork up a lung coughing spell.
You are romancing that smoking memory. This will NOT be the reality - and it will lead you right back to where you started, a full-time smoker who thinks about quitting ALL the time.
It goes without saying you should not drink alcohol with your dinner out.
(I will be around tomorrow evening. If you need it, blog "HELP" as your title and give us time to bring you to your senses!)
Stay committed!
Nancy