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Distractions HEY YOU! YEAH YOU!!

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎12-16-2010 05:52 PM

when you have those smoking thoughts, try to figure out whats driving them right then.


Is it something you're doing now that is reminding you

that you smoked when you experienced these same feelings in the past?

its ok to experience those feelings without smoking, yes, you need to relearn those feelings without smoking

but, don't let them bring you down to the point of smoking or you haven't learned what it will take to quit for good.

You may have to do something to get you through thse few minutes of temptation.

Suggestions:

keep a rubber band on your wrist to snap yourself out of it.

or

splash some water in your face

or

stick your head in the freezer for 10 seconds.

 

You must learn to step outside yourself to relearn living without smoking

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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.