How depressing--Never forget--Never let down your guard

"Yesterday I saw a number of posts from people who had quit for long time periods in the past before relapsing. I think one was a 20 year quit,quit smoking, others were ten plus years. While this is scary to witness in so many people, it serves a purpose of teaching a very valuable lesson. It shows the addiction to nicotine. What I always thought was the greatest indicator of the addictive nature of nicotine is not how hard it is to quit. I think what better illustrates it is how easy it is to go back. That after being off for months,smoking cessation, years, or even decades does not render a person "cured." --Joelhttp://groups.msn.com/FreedomFromTobaccoQuitSmokingNow/myfirstpost1.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=13182&LastModified=4675575301373684233&all_topics=1