.... Fuck when a quitter I think is strong turns out to be weak, where does that leave me?
Luby,
It leaves you more vigilant, stronger and more protective of your own quit.
You quit like a rockstar. Keep up the good work.
As we all know, the first few days of a quit are all about determination. As the days pass the quit requires less attention, less determination. The nic bitch watches patiently at this time, waiting for the opportune moment to capitalize on complacency. Waiting for you to forget about the types of lies she uses (" come on, what will it hurt? you can have just one, you've been quit ___ days....") As loot says "the day you forget- you lose"
Per thought that he was a special butterfly, that he could control his quit, and eventually control his addiction. His story is just like so many others here. Surprising that he was taken down so easily, by such cliche lies of addiction? Perhaps... but perhaps not. The nic bitch has lured quitters back after thousands of days with those same lies. If we assume that we are immune, we do so at our own peril.
None of us are special butterflies, we are addicts, and we will be the rest of our lives. We will always have to protect our quit, to remind ourselves that we are addicts, and that there is no "just one" ever again. Sometimes we will have to fight complacency, to continue to post when it seems to be nothing but a chore. But that promise will keep us quit, so it is worth whatever effort it costs.
