Every single day of my life I'll be presented with a temptation.
Drinkers can avoid situations where drink is present. Ditto smokers.
Every single day ex-drinkers and ex-smokers think about it. Every single day the temptation to nip to the shop is there. It's no different. it's impossible to avoid booze and fags completely. They're always there. Either in your mind or right in front of you.
I'm an ex smoker. I can go days without thinking about it. Every day the temptation to smoke is less. I hardly ever fancy a smoke now, after 3 years.
I'll continue to have to eat every day.
The point is, you can rule them out. You can
not have the one that leads to many. I'll never really be able to enjoy
a smoke (I used to
love smoking), because I'd start again. I can't ever
not have the one item of food. I can fight to resist the many, the extras, but I can never do without the one that starts the urge.
There's a lot of posts from people on the 'battling the bottle' thread from people who know they can't have
just one. They know that one will just lead to many.