Ha!
In five days, it will be a year since I quit smoking. I was thinking about the early days of my quit today, and I remember quite clearly telling myself, "Self? If you reach a full year without smoking, you can have a cigarette."
That technique actually helped because it stopped me from freaking out about how long "the rest of your life" is. It reminded me that smoking is about choice, and that I can choose to smoke - or even better, choose NOT to smoke.
That silly little thought, "If you reach a full year, you can have a cigarette" actually worked for me to conquer some of those early craves.
Of course, the irony is that now that I'm nearly there, and could soon have a cigarette, I don't want one at all. And the other irony is that each of us, any of us, could choose to "have a cigarette" if we wanted at any time. This is all about choice, folks.
If could choose to have one, you can also choose NOT to have one. It's not all that complicated!
Awesome as always Dgee!