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3. heard this interview this afternoon

New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg discusses his book "The Power of Habit", as well as how habits are made (and broken.)

http://www.wbez.org/blogs/bez/2012-07/afternoon-shift-july-5-2012-100664

it was very interesting, and i would recommend giving a listen. it's a long show, but it was a nice long interview. and they talked about smoking, and quitting.
one thing they said was that attempts to quit are part of quitting, and shouldn't be seen as failures. also talks about finding the cues and rewards of addictions and bad habits.

i think that a lot of people with mental illness smoke because they like the relief of the anxiety that lighting up brings. even tho that relief is just part of a loop of nicotine addiction or not, it is relief of anxiety.