Muscle memory

By Namnack - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - Netherlands

Today, I found I had rolled, and was smoking a cigarette without realising it after proudly entering my third day of being a non-smoker. FML
I agree, your life sucks 12 038
You deserved it 32 922

Same thing different taste

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shit happens, man. doesn't mean you failed, just start day one again and hopefully it doesn't happen again.

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tastycakes 0

Ha! Sometimes the same thing happens with me when I'm dieting. I'll finish a cheese sandwich/ cake etc and THEN remember I was trying to cut those things out for a while. I think our brains play tricks with us when it comes to giving up the things we really crave/ enjoy!

Intellectualist 0

Smoking is dangerous to your health? Really? REALLY? Change the record FMLers, sometimes thats why people actually start. You're a clever lot aren't you.

shrdlu 28

If you've smoked long enough, it becomes something you can do without thinking -- there were times I though, "Gosh, I want a cigarette" only to discover I was already smoking one. Does anyone remember the first time they drove a car and how it required total concentration? And now you're talking or singing along while you drive and barely realize you're driving at all. To the OP: As others have said here, just keep trying and start with day one again. And unless you live with other smokers, GET RID of all your smoking-related possessions, including all the lighters. (Give them to someone who still smokes.) If you want to keep a pack of matches to light candles in case of a power failure, put them somewhere completely different from before. For some reason the 3's seem to be the hardest -- 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months. But you CAN do it, and it does get much easier with time. There's lots of support for it online. BTW I smoked cigarettes for years, but am several years quit now. The best part of quitting is no longer spending all your time planning for that next cigarette. Now I can go to a three-hour movie and not only watch all of it, but pay attention to it the entire time. Maybe I've replaced smoking with making excessively long posts online? :-)

cryssycakesx3 22

why do people replace I'm with am? -- real question.

Cholie1144 0

To bad man. I'm trying to quit as well it's so hard!

archeryqueen08 0

Hey... Smoking is a hard habit to kick... be proud you make 3 days... all you can do is just keep trying man.

the moment I step out the door of my house I intuitively grab and light a cigarette. The only way to keep myself from doing it is by putting my cigs in another pocket.

Lucky_boy 0

been their done that. that's not to bad it happens alot.

You cant be a non-smoker if youve kept your tobacco you fucktard