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Trying to Stop Smoking Can Be a Threat to Sobriety

Just a brief research note. A recent research study summarized here, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases, supports the old notion that it may be a danger to early recovery from alcoholism to try to stop smoking. Basically, the researchers found that study participants who were trying to stop smoking and had cravings to smoke, had stronger urges to drink alcohol. Thus, to quote from the article: "higher, more volatile smoking urges were reported before the individual actually began drinking, suggesting that alcohol consumption may have been in response to smoking urges rather than vice versa." Back in the day, treatment programs made no effort to address nicotine addiction in patients in treatment for their alcoholism because it was thought, based on anecdotal information, that addressing smoking would take the focus off the "primary" problem, alcoholism. Besides, most of the counselors and other treatment staff smoked themselves. So, now there is some science to support the feeling that it may be dangerous to early alcoholism recovery to try to address nicotine addiction. As always, comments are invited. Jan Edward Williams, 02/21/2013.