Video discusses how the only successful quits is the current quit and it will only stay successful as long as you continue to stick to your personal commitment to never take another puff.

At times we get past Freedom members return to quit again after they have relapsed. Some only had a few days into the last quit, others had significant time periods into quits before losing them. I am glad that they found their ways back to Freedom, but I want to make sure that they understand and that everyone else here understands the seriousness of the past failure.

Most other boards and most other people would take offense at that past line, referring to the last lost quit as a failure. But for all practical purposes that is what it was. Even quits that last for years or decades are failures if a person loses it. We don’t want anyone minimizing this fact, for those who do often have the attitude that if they relapse they will simply quit again. The fact is you don’t know that the person will quit again, or that they will quit in time to save his or her life.

Related article:

• Joel's 1985 article entitled: "I know I will quit again"

Related video pages:

• The lucky ones get hooked
• The law of addiction
• "Maybe a puff isn’t that big of a deal"
• Is relapse a natural part of the quitting process?
• "I know I will quit again" (video)
• Is relapsing on nicotine a good learning experience?
• "Don’t beat yourself up for smoking"
• "I liked my other support group more"