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Repost:  Just One Cigarette

It took me a long time to wrap my head around this.  I had blown many quits with just one, but I kept trying to tell myself I could have that one - which led to a pack a day.
Smoking must come off the table as an option in life in order to succeed.  I never forget - I am one puff away from a pack a day - be that 12 days or 12 yrs quit.
KTQ
Cara
D6811
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Just One Cigarette
 By Allen Carr
 'Just one cigarette' is a myth you must get out of your mind. 
It is just one cigarette that gets us started in the first place. 
It is just one cigarette to tide us over a difficult patch or on a special occasion that defeats most of our attempts to stop. 
It is just one cigarette that, when smokers have succeeded in breaking the addiction, sends them back into the trap. 
Sometimes it is just to confirm that they do not need them any more, and that one cigarette does just that. It tastes horrible and convinces the smoker he will never become hooked again, but he already is. 
It is the thought of that one special cigarette that often prevents smokers from stopping. The first one in the morning or the one after a meal. 
Get it firmly in your mind there is no such thing as just one cigarette. It is a chain reaction that will last the rest of your life unless you break it. 
It is the myth about the odd, special cigarette that keeps smokers moping about it when they stop. Get into the habit of never seeing the odd cigarette or packet - it is a fantasy. Whenever you think about smoking, see a whole filthy lifetime of spending a small fortune just for the privilege of destroying yourself mentally and physically, a lifetime of slavery, a lifetime of bad breath. 
It is a pity that there isn't something like a cigarette that, during good and bad times, we can use for an occasional boost or pleasure. But get it clearly into your mind: the cigarette isn't it. You are stuck with either a lifetime of misery or none at all. 
You wouldn't dream of taking cyanide because you liked the taste of almonds, so stop punishing yourself with the thought of the occasional cigarette or cigar.

Repost: Just One Cigarette

It took me a long time to wrap my head around this. I had blown many quits with just one, but I kept trying to tell myself I could have that one - which led to a pack a day.
Smoking must come off the table as an option in life in order to succeed. I never forget - I am one puff away from a pack a day - be that 12 days or 12 yrs quit.
KTQ
Cara
D6811
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Just One Cigarette
By Allen Carr
'Just one cigarette' is a... Show more