And she smoked.

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I have a friend, y'all may have heard me talk about her.  I call her Puffy on here.  Well she started to quit smoking back in December.  She would smoke one here and there but for the most part, she had quit.  Now she has gone about 4 months completely smoke free.

 

But today, she had a tough day at work.  And she posted that she reeeeaaalllly wanted to smoke on Facebook.  Of course, I responded and told her not to.  But about an hour later, she called me and confessed.  She gave in and smoked half a cig.  And she talked about how nasty it tasted.

 

I wonder if she woke the beast back up.  The next few days are gonna be interesting.

 

But in all of this...... it made my committment that much stronger.  I don't judge her.  But listening to her talk about how much she didn't like it....... I asked her if it helped her.  She said for about 5 minutes.  That 5 minutes isnt worth the chance of a full fledged relapse. 

 

I'm so happy I'm doing this.  I feel so good. 

 

And I actually have grown to love my quit.

[jimmy]

sorry about your friend hope she stays quit  tiffany your doing  great   all you can do is be there for her   stay strong show her the way to stay quit  god bless you and your family and friends  

[Jenny]

Tiffany girl I am so proud of you!  You are rocking this quit!

 

Not all days of a quit are perfect, but they are all so much better than not being quit at all.  I love it when a quitter reaches the point that they like not smoking more than they liked smoking.  That's the key to the puzzle!  Once you want it, it's yours! xx

[Jenny]

Oh and I'm glad you didn't smoke ( like I thought when I read the title of this thread) because I would have been on the next flight out to kick your Arse!!!

[queen greenlover]

Its sad when people relaspe, of course having that "ONE" sucked & most after having that one figure "F" it I blew it might as well keep smoking. :( 

[NayNay]

I can understand the want to smoke after having a really bad day; however we all have to face those bad day's and you just have to be solid with your quit to get through it.  I had a very rough weekend with a sick dog, and I had an anxiety attack on Saturday morning and wanted to smoke to bad; but I didn't.  I did not go buy cigarettes, I do not have cigarettes in my house, and I just kept pushing that crave and those feelings away.  Instead, I got on the phone and called my husband (who was out of town at an event) and he talked to me and calmed me down.  That helped more than a cigarette could have, and it lasted the rest of the weekend.  A cigarette could not have done that.

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You got to love your quit Tiff - that way you don't want to do anything to hurt it!

 

I'm sorry for your friend, but I'm glad it reenforced your quit!

 

You are doing so great!!!!!

[John_Doe]

It will be interesting to know what happens to your friend. I hope she won't start smoking again. And yeah, I think all of us who tried to quit previously know that feeling when you relapse. It's horrible. I don't want to go through that again.

[Doreensfree]

This is the saddest part about relapse.....as soon as you smoked that first puff,you are so sorry you did it,and be devastated

It's a dangerous game to play , to just see if you can take a puff and then leave it alone.....

You have woken up that sleeping monster....

Guard your quit tightly tiff like a infant.....don't let anything come in the way.....

I watch my best friend still smoke all day of everyday.....I fear she will never quit.....

Hugs x

[Tink]

How sad for her I really hope its not a slippery slope for her :(

 

Tiff you keep doing what you are doing you are going from strength to strength :)

[JackiMac]

Hope your friend looks ahead and not back and doesn't light another cigarette and big hugs to you Tif for realising how much your quit means to you, your amazing and you got this.xxx

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Oh and I'm glad you didn't smoke ( like I thought when I read the title of this thread) because I would have been on the next flight out to kick your Arse!!!

You will NEVER see me post about a relapse again. Cause that day isn't gonna happen.

 

Besides I don't like getting my arse kicked. Spanked maybe, but definitely not kicked. lol