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kevin
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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 10:32 AM    Post subject: what lame excuses have you used to justify a relapse? Reply with quote

here are a few lame excuses i've used to justify past relapses:

- i've been under so much stress lately...

- i really miss smoking when i'm out with my friends...

- it'll ony be this one, and then i'm right back to being quit...

how about you?
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Kristen



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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 10:41 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let's see, it's been almost 48 hours since I quit.
I've been having conversations with myself trying to justify picking up a cig. I know in my heart I won't do it though. I've come this far and will not smoke.

So far the excuses I've come up with are..

The stress associated with my husband being deployed.
Dealing with my out of control 15 year old.

I like to think of myself as a smoker that chooses not to smoke.
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alleghany



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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 11:16 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

"I'd rather be dead than 10 lbs overweight." Shocked

That was followed by a tantrum worthy of any two year old (I being 35, should have gotten an Oscar) with clothes and shoes flying from my closet. Of course, now I know that I was in the throws of nicotine withdrawal. Mad

I still cringe when I think about making that statement. Embarassed

Thankfully, I have lived to know better! Cool
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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 12:22 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

After a one-year quit:

"I'm safe now."


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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 12:28 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember thinking that I needed to just sit and think, I was a single mother raising 5 children and working long hours.

I wanted the relaxing time I used cigarettes for, a time only for me, away from the chaos. You know I think I used the phrase, " my cigarette, my friend".

How did I justify this type of thinking? I lied to me. What we do for this addiction...... I never asked me the question. Was I willing to die for my friend, the cigarette?

Now I say out loud, My choice, my way. I m staying in control. Very Happy

A great day

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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 2:08 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

None.

Not an option now or ever. Very Happy
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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 2:22 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

My first quit almost 1 year after I started, it was almost always...

"...I'll have just one."

yeah...whatever...
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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 5:23 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

mine is me time!!!
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PostPosted: August 10, 2007 11:27 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have never smoked because of a lame excuse. They have always been for very good reasons. OK, LOL, yeah they were lame excuses. I think I have said just about all the ones already said, but another I used to say was

"I'm just too addicted to quit smoking."


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PostPosted: August 13, 2007 8:13 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I don't smoke I'll bust at the seams from all the food consumption. Okay, maybe not literally but I sure felt like I would. Mind you, since then I have lost almost 20 pounds after awhile with this quit.
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PostPosted: August 17, 2007 3:20 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gosh, Kevin......are you asking for me to write a book? Wink Laughing Laughing Laughing

Stress
Extreme emotions....just can't deal with life without a cigarette...nerves on edge and I need to feel calm.
The me time excuses....just want to sit and have a smoke and think.
Private revenge against whoever ticked me off at the moment...The I'll smoke and then they will feel bad for it Rolling Eyes
The ole "just one" ploy.
To get rid of the nagging thoughts to light up....the thinking that I just can't do this any longer (quit).
I'm worthless and life is hopeless....so, what the hell!!! I might as well smoke.
It's the one thing in my life that I can count on...it's soothing.
Here's a classic....watching someone else smoke who seems to have it together and not wretched....and thinking...well, they smoke and still have a great life! Rolling Eyes Smoking really isn't all that bad.
I'll quit later...I need to tend to this or that right now...it's more important, and it would be easier to deal with doing it while smoking...and once it's done...I'll quit then. (which...never actually did do whatever it was to do, and continued to smoke anyway)
My life goes to shit when I quit...I'd rather have a calm life and smoke, then deal with hell and not smoke.
The major bitch syndrome....I'm gonna hurt someone or tear them a new ***! Shocked

There are no doubt more that I just can't think of right at this moment...and some relapses were a combination of excuses listed above.

Regardless, what I've found....when peace inside is lost, it's easy to justify by excuses the act of lighting up. When there is peace within...the excuses aren't so readily available to use.

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PostPosted: August 21, 2007 4:53 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Been meaning to answer this!
Here ae mine:

1. I am in such pain, I have to smoke until I get better! (My first quit years ago, when I had to quit in order for the surgery to heal properly.)

2. I'm just not myself if I don't smoke.

3. My brain will not work right without smoking.

4. I'm so addicted that I can't quit.

Gosh, this is scary just writing this stuff! Thank God, none of it was true.
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PostPosted: September 13, 2007 7:02 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the worst one for me is: "I don't care enough about myself to not smoke." There's also the spoiled baby attitude, "But I WANT TO!" And the old standard you mentioned "Just this once..."

Kate
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Priscilla



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PostPosted: October 10, 2007 10:42 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

there's too much going on right now. I cant deal.....
I will quit again tomorrow.

then tomorrow turns into a few days, a week, a month.... and so on.

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PostPosted: October 13, 2007 9:56 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Duh, I know I am slow....

I'll show him/her I will smoke...that will get them.....

I cannot humanly handle all this by myself.....

I am going crazy and cannot function like this until I smoke just a couple of drags....

I will slip into the bathroom at the bar...no one will ever be the wiser....


sound familiar????
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