How to Cope with Falling Off the Wagon

dontbemean

This article from Time Magazine helped me get falling off the wagon in perspective. I don't mean to trivialise a slip-up (because of course having that one cigarettes DOES matter), but perhaps if you've slipped up during the weekend then this will give you the encouragement to get right back on the wagon & keep going forward!

This paragraph in particular:

"Because of the way the brain is wired, each time an addict lets an urge pass without engaging in the unwanted behavior, it weakens the neural connections that underlie the desire; each time he or she rewards the craving with the bad habit, the brain pathways, and the addiction, are strengthened. It helps for people to remind themselves that if they can resist an addictive urge once, it will become easier and easier to do it again in the future."

AgileMyth

I found reading up on the nature of addiction very beneficial when I quit. Understanding the problem makes it easier to deal with.