HyOnLyph - You bring up a really good point that reminds me of a saying the originator of which I can't remember, but they are wiser than me.
"Trying to avoid failure is not the same as aiming for success, and it's not very effective, either."
It's kind of like how it's hard to drive in a straight line if you're looking at something off to one side, just like you said.
Similarly, it's hard to reach success if you're focusing on avoiding failure. Your life tends to move in the direction you're looking.
The anxiety over relapse and facing triggers, while totally understandable, can be as much of an enemy as the addiction itself.
Apart from cigarettes and coffee, I haven't dealt with drug addiction. But I have dealt with other things that result in triggers. Learning to stop being afraid of facing triggers took me years. But, I didn't have a lot of help through that process.
Perhaps the issue of e-cigs reminding people of drug devices points out something very important about the process of drug recovery. Addressing it not only makes people more successful and more likely to continue recovering, but may also enable them to try vaping to help them kick the cig habit, something which is almost unthinkable to most people recovering from other types of drugs. In a lot of cases, cigs are their lifeline through that process, and for that reason even harder to give up. A lot of people who counsel and treat drugs addicts tell them to keep smoking in recovery, because it really helps with anxiety and depression, and quitting would make the recovery process that much harder.
Maybe e-cigs with a unique design, like an eGo or a Riva or even a box mod, would be helpful to re-associate someone who is struggling with the similarity to a drug device? That design is unique to e-cigs. Simple box mods are also pretty unique, and cheap to buy or make. Perhaps form factor plays a part in helping someone re-associate.
"Trying to avoid failure is not the same as aiming for success, and it's not very effective, either."
It's kind of like how it's hard to drive in a straight line if you're looking at something off to one side, just like you said.
Similarly, it's hard to reach success if you're focusing on avoiding failure. Your life tends to move in the direction you're looking.
The anxiety over relapse and facing triggers, while totally understandable, can be as much of an enemy as the addiction itself.
Apart from cigarettes and coffee, I haven't dealt with drug addiction. But I have dealt with other things that result in triggers. Learning to stop being afraid of facing triggers took me years. But, I didn't have a lot of help through that process.
Perhaps the issue of e-cigs reminding people of drug devices points out something very important about the process of drug recovery. Addressing it not only makes people more successful and more likely to continue recovering, but may also enable them to try vaping to help them kick the cig habit, something which is almost unthinkable to most people recovering from other types of drugs. In a lot of cases, cigs are their lifeline through that process, and for that reason even harder to give up. A lot of people who counsel and treat drugs addicts tell them to keep smoking in recovery, because it really helps with anxiety and depression, and quitting would make the recovery process that much harder.
Maybe e-cigs with a unique design, like an eGo or a Riva or even a box mod, would be helpful to re-associate someone who is struggling with the similarity to a drug device? That design is unique to e-cigs. Simple box mods are also pretty unique, and cheap to buy or make. Perhaps form factor plays a part in helping someone re-associate.
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