Originally Posted by
Dalek See my previous post on the anticipation of gratification of desire. You have no problem abstaining while on a ship because you know that you won't be having any drinks. This is what the Big Plan, when properly executed, does -- it removes that anticipation. Picture putting your Beast on a Navy ship that will never dock again.
Yes thats true and I know a lot of very bad drunks do just fine for weeks without drinking, then 30 minutes after we get somewhere they are already wasted. Sometimes I was among them.
I do remember a few times getting off the airplane as well when I paused before lighting my cigarette knowing that I could quit right then, but of course I still lit it anyway. The urge to smoke isn't as bad as it seems when you stop and observe so I know I can stop soon.