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<blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 936755" data-attributes="member: 43498"><p>Normally for a daily smoker having a smoke relaxes them and relieves their anxiety, but that is because their brain has become physically addicted, so between smokes they have withdrawal symptoms (eg anxiety) and these are relieved by smoking. So they think the smoking is treating their anxiety. But the anxiety wouldn't be there if they weren't smoking.</p><p></p><p>However, in your case, since you can go for days without the urge to smoke, it doesn't sound like you are physically addicted at the moment. Therefore your feeling that a smoke relaxes you is probably psychological rather than physical, and it can be changed using psychological methods. It's possible that you are heading down the path towards physical addiction too, which is not ideal.</p><p></p><p>In NZ there is a free service called Quitline where trained smoking cessation counsellors can help you by phone, and I wonder if there are services like that in the UK? All the NZ Quitline counsellors are former smokers too, I believe. I found their input really helpful.</p><p></p><p>One you've had a drink, your ability to resist smoking is weakened. Initially I found I had to stop drinking in order to get around this, and after a while I was ok and could drink again and not smoke. It is possible to have a great social life without drinking, I've found. And it doesn't mean you can never drink again; it just means reducing a trigger for smoking, for a while.</p><p></p><p>There's some good general info about quitting smoking here:</p><p><a href="http://www.quit.org.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.quit.org.nz/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ButtterflyLady, post: 936755, member: 43498"] Normally for a daily smoker having a smoke relaxes them and relieves their anxiety, but that is because their brain has become physically addicted, so between smokes they have withdrawal symptoms (eg anxiety) and these are relieved by smoking. So they think the smoking is treating their anxiety. But the anxiety wouldn't be there if they weren't smoking. However, in your case, since you can go for days without the urge to smoke, it doesn't sound like you are physically addicted at the moment. Therefore your feeling that a smoke relaxes you is probably psychological rather than physical, and it can be changed using psychological methods. It's possible that you are heading down the path towards physical addiction too, which is not ideal. In NZ there is a free service called Quitline where trained smoking cessation counsellors can help you by phone, and I wonder if there are services like that in the UK? All the NZ Quitline counsellors are former smokers too, I believe. I found their input really helpful. One you've had a drink, your ability to resist smoking is weakened. Initially I found I had to stop drinking in order to get around this, and after a while I was ok and could drink again and not smoke. It is possible to have a great social life without drinking, I've found. And it doesn't mean you can never drink again; it just means reducing a trigger for smoking, for a while. There's some good general info about quitting smoking here: [URL]http://www.quit.org.nz/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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