STAYING IN CONTROL: The top three triggers over the long term
After you've quit for a couple of weeks, you may start to feel much more confident about your ability to stay quit. This is a good thing-it means that your planning and hard work are paying off. You're well on your way to becoming a nonsmoker for good.
But it doesn't mean that all the challenges are behind you. Whether you've quit for a day, a month, or a year, certain trigger situations may keep coming up. Your best defense is to plan ahead for how you'll handle them. Here are the three triggers that give people the most trouble over the long term:
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Being around smokers: seeing them smoke, smelling it, being offered a cigarette, or just finding cigarettes lying around |
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Alcohol use: especially in the presence of smokers |
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Highly emotional situations |
Click here for more details on each: WHEN OTHERS SMOKE AROUND YOU; IF YOU DRINK ALCOHOL; HIGHLY EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS. If you're feeling at all uncertain about how to handle them, you may want to reread those pages.
