This article was interesting and full of information that could be helpful for a recovering addict. I know many peoples who yet have not realize that they are addicts and think their actions it is acceptable, because the routine it is hard to change or keep up a new one. I personally think it is hard to give up an addiction cold turkey; I do believe that relapse does help at times to identify your mistakes and find a way to overcome it. I had to give my self-task to do before I even take a step toward smoking. It was hard not to smoke at least four to five time a day or even more. I set rules and I told myself only smoke if some good happen if there was a good reason for it. Like make sure that after I go food shopping I separate, clean and season the meats or make sure my kids and I all finish homework and read for the day a minimum of 25 pages a day. Alternatively, just make sure that whatever I had plan for the day was done before I locked myself in my room to smoke; by the time I was done with my daily routine as a single mom and a fulltime student I was so tired that I didn’t even thought of smoking most of the times, if I did, it would be the bed time blunt, cause now I was ashamed to be around my family and coworkers intoxicated. Another addiction I had to cut down was smoking cigarettes, I think I had pretty well too, like I only smoke on my personal time , I don’t smoke if am working or in school or if am home with the kids, I mostly only smoke when am out with my friends having some drinks. However, I try to keep myself really occupied and involved in my kid’s school activities so I always have to be around none smoking people it keeps me away from it too. After all keeping yourself occupy, it’s not so bad, it’s actually enhance the relationship with your loved ones and makes you realize all you had put aside. Relapses are always going to happen but it is up to you how to deal with it, what you going to get out of it.
