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Assembling your quit is like assembling a baby crib

Mandolinrain
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7 16 98

......and two hours later and several trips to garage to find the right tools, hubby and I assembled a new crib we bought today. We have twin grand-daughters and we had one crib and decided to go get another one because they are staying here more often. In fact we have them the next couple days so wanted to make them more comfy......made me think...

2 HOURS!!!!! We had all the directions and they looked easy enough, but no. You have these little round metal things you have to stick under the rail and then a threaded screw goes into the other section and they have to meet just right....UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We had it all together then noticed the stickers were backwards, so we basically assembled it backwards! We were getting pretty frustrated but thankfully we ended up laughing when it was all done.

Quits can be like this. We get all the information and think we know everything then start the process and think WHAT THE HECK???? Geese. Folks we all gotta work on patience and slow down and step back and consider its not gonna happen overnight.....well the crib perhaps, but not your quit.  Its funny Sootie made a perfect blog about this tonight as I came on to share this ...and saw her blog....but decided to go ahead and write this anyway. Her blog covers it all very well. Please read it.

Anyway, don't feel alone if your struggling ....think of it as cleaning your house ( your body), your detoxing chemicals that you have been putting into you for who knows how long....along with all the habitual scenarios that tugged at you to 'light up'. Your now re-training your brain....making new habits...perhaps your ASSEMBLING will need some readjustment and take longer than you hoped....but hang in there...

Rome wasn't built over night...neither is your quit.

Crib assembly may also fall into this category.

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Smoking is not an option for me. I no longer have a wishbone to quit smoking...I developed a backbone and I quit. When you're sick and tired of being sick and tired, you will quit smoking too.