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echo: 12_steps
to: EILEEN STEENBURG
from: RAIN
date: 1996-11-09 15:53:00
subject: smoking

-> I am quitting smoking (again).   I want to quit for good.  Last time
-> I quit for three months and started again.  I can't stand this
-> roller coaster anymore.  Any suggestions from anyone who's had
-> trouble staying off forever?  I want this to be the last time.
As someone who's been a nonsmoker for 26 years this month, may I
suggest you don't try to quit for good?  Longterm or permanent
resolutions about an addiction tend to be a setup for failure. If you
can simply stay away from the first cigarette one day at a time (with
the help of the 12 Steps if you're already familiar with them), before
you know it you will be a longtime nonsmoker.  Smokers Anonymous can
help, it's free, and it's available in most cities and goodsized towns.
Hang in there!  It really does get better...but good knowledgeable
support of the kind you'll find in SA sure helps.
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.11 
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