Re: Are meters chaining us to the old habit?
- From: julio jorge <Julio@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:32:02 -0400
I would probably be smoking again if I had not started a meter. The
meter is not a liability.
The size of our investments keep us from smoking again. When the
cravings come, you'll sometimes need a good reason to not smoke,
especially if something tragic has just happened in your life. So,
you refer to your investments - the time on the meter, the
disappointment it will cause you, the disappointment it will cause
others, the money or effort you have invested in quitting smoking
(NRTs, herbs, treatments, etc), and most importantly, the hell of the
withdrawals, which you don't want to relive.
I just spent a week at a family reunion (wife's side) sharing a house
with a chain smoker. I was craving hard and with good reason. If my
meter had read 3 days, I would have smoked a carton on that trip. Of
course, I could have just smoked one, but I would have wanted to have
also just smoked 2 and then 3 and so on.
Meters are only useless when people bust their quit and don't change
their meter.
Good question.
JJ
6M 3W 6D
On 16 Aug 2005 08:32:17 -0700, "Lady" <Rhinette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm new to this and have kindly been forwarded a link to a meter
>(http://www.silkquit.org/)that I have now downloaded ready for my last
>and final quit next week.
>But I am interested that most people hear are using meters, they do
>seem a good incentive device on face value but are they really helping?
>I have no personal opinion on the matter as yet.
>
>I was told at one of the smoking cessation sessions I attended to not
>worry about how long it has been since the last puff (perhaps except
>the first couple of days/weeks maybe) because as soon as you commit to
>your decision to quit you become a NON-smoker and it doesn't matter how
>long you haven't smoked for because you have started afresh, turned a
>new leaf.
>If we hang on to the day we began our new healthy and happy lives as
>non-smokers we could be waiting for something that never comes? Are we
>hoping that at a week or month or year it will suddendly be easy?
>Looking at the commments here different people get a feeling of freedom
>from the trap at different times so perhaps we should stop counting and
>enjoy every day in our new lives without holding our breath.
>Over to all...
>
>Lady
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