I don't recall seeing here that "slips" are a normal part of the process and to be expected.
I don't recall reading that as long as I "bum" a Sickerette and don't purchase it doesn't count.
I don't recall that "you're doing good!" is the effective response to only having XXX Sickerettes this Month.
Am I reading something different from others here?
What I recall is N.O.P.E. = Not One Puff EVER! Not as a goal to reach but as a daily principle of serious quitting starting from Day One.
What I recall is the Law of Addiction:
"Administration of a drug to an addict will cause
re-establishment of chemical dependence
upon the addictive substance."
I understand that to mean that were I to decide to take that puff, I risk my whole Quit going down the tubes. I have read here that the nicotine receptors are lit up again. I also read that the more "slips" one has the more permission our Addicted Brains gives us to "slip" and that it makes the next craving or temptation that much harder to overcome without giving in.
Maybe I'm wrong here but I doubt it! Are we reading the same stuff?
