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You Can't Fool Yourself Forever Or Will You?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎09-08-2008 10:04 AM

I was talking with my daughter a few days back.

She is turning 21 within a week.

I never smoked in the house or in front of her.
But
About 9 years ago, when I was recovering from a real BAD construction injury, I used to crutch outside and sit on the hood of the car and smoke.

One night she came out and saw me.

She was in shock.

So the other night she said,
I thought the smell of smoke was related to construction because she always smelled it when she came to the jobsite and at home. That's sick isn't it?

Well you may be able to fool some of the people

but
YOU CAN'T FOOL YOURSELF

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.