I was talking with a friend here a few weeks ago about extroverts who don't get enough social interaction and how they thought maybe it was a contribution to depression, and it made me think about you in winter for some reason.
I need to discuss this with John. Part of the reason he keeps backsliding/giving up is because if he EVER PICKS UP A CIGARETTE AGAIN EVER he has failed and may as well go back to whole-hog, pack-a-day smoking.
Which, actually, he hasn't been for a long time. He's down to - depending on the day - between a third and two-thirds of a pack. I know he really wants to get to a place of, like, one in the morning and one after work and one before bed, and maybe not all of those every day. But he can't seem to give himself permission to be an occasional smoker. Hm.
That's exactly what I am doing. And you know what? It's working. 90% of the time I don't even want a cigarette any more. 5% of the time I will ask for one from someone else, take 3 puffs, and be done because I didn't really want one, I was just reacting... usually to other people smoking around me.
That remaining 5% of the time I give myself permission to smoke. I'll go for the hookah first if I can, and I'm actually buying an electronic cigarette for the pagan festival next weekend, and I'll probably buy a pack of very strong, very expensive cigarettes and savor each one if the hookah and the electronic aren't working.
But Beth I was down to 2 packs a week for many years before I quit, and didn't have a single cigarette for 3 months to break the nicotine addiction and some of the behavior patterns.
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Which, actually, he hasn't been for a long time. He's down to - depending on the day - between a third and two-thirds of a pack. I know he really wants to get to a place of, like, one in the morning and one after work and one before bed, and maybe not all of those every day. But he can't seem to give himself permission to be an occasional smoker. Hm.
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That remaining 5% of the time I give myself permission to smoke. I'll go for the hookah first if I can, and I'm actually buying an electronic cigarette for the pagan festival next weekend, and I'll probably buy a pack of very strong, very expensive cigarettes and savor each one if the hookah and the electronic aren't working.
But Beth I was down to 2 packs a week for many years before I quit, and didn't have a single cigarette for 3 months to break the nicotine addiction and some of the behavior patterns.
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