Quitting an addiction such as smoking, drinking or drug use involves going through predictable stages of change. These stages have been extensively scientifically validated since Prochaska and DiClemente’s hallmark research in 1982. Rarely can a person successfully quit by passing through these stages only once. Typically there are several attempts at change before quitting for good. Like someone who quit smoking seven times over, only to resume smoking five years later during a divorce, then having to quit all over again.

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