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The Patch Is An Aid, Not A Guarantee

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-24-2010 04:37 PM

I just read where someone was using the patch and had gone through all three dosage levels

and still felt helpless.

I got the opinion he thought he didn't have to do anything but wear the patch to quit.

 

The patch can get you through some tough times while you learn what memories and emotions

drove you to smoke. You need to start getting a handle on the psychological part of quitting from

the beginning so you know what to do when a crave rears its head or you're under stress and

want to give in. then you can tackle getting off the nicotine.

I used 10 patches during my first 14 days and then stopped.them

by then I knew that smoking was only a decision each and every time and that I could decide not to

You are not doing yourself any favor using a nicotine replacement unless there is hope of getting off it.

Don't depend on it so much.

Use it.

DON'T LET IT USE YOU

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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.