The Quitting Attitude Many smokers who come to our Tackling Tobacco chats want to quit, but they are also afraid of failing one more time. These people have tried to quit many times and have not been successful. They often feel as if they have tried everything and their hopelessness and frustration shows through in their chat comments.
Smoking is an addiction that is physical, psychological and behavioral.
Relapse is one of the intrinsic characteristics of the process of recovery from addiction. The most important component is to understand the process of quitting and to make a commitment to keep quitting until you are successfully free from tobacco. On average, it takes smokers four attempts over a 15-year period to quit successfully, but as many as six to eight attempts is not uncommon. The second important thing is to see your relapse as a learning process. There are always obstacles to every goal we set in our lives.