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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Actually I quit first time and never really struggled with it, I light up but dont smoke if I am hiking/fishing to keep the bugs away.
You are missing avoiding my question though, why do you want to have the occasional smoke? it will significantly increase your risk of cancer, it smells and tastes like crap (if we are honest) and it causes you a huge risk to slowly slip back into full time smoking, and in your case, makes you a permanant mooch on your smoking friends.
What is it you need from a smoke 'now and then'?
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Like most people when I get drunk I like to smoke. Always have.
Your wording is pretty vague and misleading. Occasional smoke could mean anything and the fact that you are attributing it to my claim of a couple of smokes a month is grossly misleading.
I'm not going to pretend I'm free and clear just because I've quite for 2 weeks. At the HC I had a couple of smokes because it was convenient. There were hundreds of smokers around. I've had a few drinks on several other occasions and had no problems going without a smoke.
I would like to get to the point where after a few drinks I can bum a smoke and not feel like I need 6 more. I'm not out of the woods yet but TBQH I thought it would be way harder than it has been. I have hardly thought about smoking at all in the last few days but I've got a long way to go before I feel reasonably safe that I've kicked the habit. I have nothing but empathy and encouragement for those who fight cigarettes as a daily struggle and think their addiction is akin to a cocaine or crack addiction.
If you truly feel nicotine has that kind of control on your life then surely quitting is momentous and makes my struggle look paltry in comparison.