Patti, if you understand the psychology behind smoking, you also understand that once you have undone the nicotine addiction (which only takes about 14 days), the rest is all psychological, and it is a choice.
You are at some level looking for any and every excuse to start up again. This "it was only a break" excuse should be the last hurdle.
I suspect you'll be pleasantly surprised at what happens when you finish the program.
But remember, it's always a choice, and the program is working to get you to choose to be a non-smoker. That key point is still meeting with resistance. You have stopped smoking, but you are still refusing to let go of the self identity of a smoker. That is why you still think like this.
When you let go of the self identity of a smoker, and realize you are a non-smoker, you will have finished the transition.
I have plans to make a new version of the 6 stage SSF and a single stage version based on OE, eventually. I don't think you'll need either of them. You are very close to permanent success. Just have to break down that last point.
Remember that a nonsmoker doesn't need or want cigarettes, and they are not addicted to nicotine.
You are not addicted to nicotine, either at this point, and you haven't been for months. We have gotten you to stop smoking, but now we want you to let go of the self perception of being a smoker, and accept the self perception of being a non-smoker. That's all that's left to do.
PS - No, we don't like the stop smoking commercials in Florida, because they are put together by people who have no clue how to effectively approach the subject. Most of the time, all they do is entrench smokers in their habit through resistance. It makes things worse, not better.
You are at some level looking for any and every excuse to start up again. This "it was only a break" excuse should be the last hurdle.
I suspect you'll be pleasantly surprised at what happens when you finish the program.
But remember, it's always a choice, and the program is working to get you to choose to be a non-smoker. That key point is still meeting with resistance. You have stopped smoking, but you are still refusing to let go of the self identity of a smoker. That is why you still think like this.
When you let go of the self identity of a smoker, and realize you are a non-smoker, you will have finished the transition.
I have plans to make a new version of the 6 stage SSF and a single stage version based on OE, eventually. I don't think you'll need either of them. You are very close to permanent success. Just have to break down that last point.
Remember that a nonsmoker doesn't need or want cigarettes, and they are not addicted to nicotine.
You are not addicted to nicotine, either at this point, and you haven't been for months. We have gotten you to stop smoking, but now we want you to let go of the self perception of being a smoker, and accept the self perception of being a non-smoker. That's all that's left to do.
PS - No, we don't like the stop smoking commercials in Florida, because they are put together by people who have no clue how to effectively approach the subject. Most of the time, all they do is entrench smokers in their habit through resistance. It makes things worse, not better.
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The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!
The scientist has a question to find an answer for. The pseudo-scientist has an answer to find a question for. ~ "Failure is the path of least persistence." - Chinese Fortune Cookie ~ Logic left. Emotion right. But thinking, straight ahead. ~ Sperate supra omnia in valorem. (The value of trust is above all else.) ~ Meowsomeness!