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Yay Abby! You're doing great!

Thanks for asking Doreen. Actually, I was doing well. Then I ran into a problem, well not really, but it seemed like one from my junkie perspective. I completed two days smoke free. Then I had to get together with family. It was something that came up spontaneously and I didn't have a good excuse to get out of it. I was worried that I was going to be crabby with it being day 3 and I caved. So, I am starting again. I don't have to go anywhere for the next few days so I really have no excuse. Also, I think I need to stay on the board for these first few difficult days instead of keeping to myself.

What you say is absolutely right! Do you plan to resume your quit? It would be a terrible shame to throw 1 1/2 years away!

Oh, Jet Black, I am so very sorry to read this. Regarding craves, how long do they last? I don't really know the answer to that question and actually don't even think craves had anything to do with my relapse last year. I'm still trying to figure it out; I guess it was complacency? But I'm going to say that, as addicts, we can probably have craves after any length of time. It's just that as time passes, the craves should become fewer and more easily managed. Where do you go from here? The sooner you quit again, the easier it will be. If you quit now, I doubt that you will have a "hell week" per se but you will likely feel the pull of nicotine that was reintroduced into your system. We're all so different, it's hard to say. Just don't let it go months and months like I did. Then it is basically quitting from scratch again. Best wishes to you that you fix this mistake as soon as possible!

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Great positive post! Bravo!!

Glad to see that you are still hanging in there desperate1!

Oh wow, look at you! Congratulations Redemption!!

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Hmmm...my version of the book does not include the "and I lit up the moment I left the clinic and made my way home". He actually credits the hypnotist for saving his life. Here is that section in my book: "Now before you go rushing off to see a hypnotherapist, let me make something quite clear. Hypnotherapy is a means of communication. If the wrong message is communicated, you won't stop smoking. i'm loathe to criticize the man whom I consulted because I would be dead by now if I hadn't seen him. But it was in spite of him, not because of him. Neither do I wish to appear to be knocking hypnotherapy; on the contrary, I use it as part of my own consultations. It is the power of suggestion and a powerful force that can be used for good or evil. Don't ever consult a hypnotherapist unless he or she has been personally recommended by someone you respect and trust."

Not in my book!