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I see 4 pages of people online right now. That means there are alot of people gearing up for the

JonesCarpeDiem
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"New Year Quit"

Welcome

I was never much good with new years resolutions so I never made any.

I quit on the 2nd to keep my no year resolution record.

I start my 5th year quit on Jan 2.

This isn't rocket science people and it isn't nearly as hard as we were led to believe.

You decide once and for all and you honor that decision with yourself.

The first 3 days without nicotine are the hardest.

You push that first month and then keep up your guard for the next 3 and you can be free for life.

Put on a happy face, ride out the craves and smoking memories. they usually only last a few minutes.

I laughed each time I craved. It helped me get my mind off the actual crave and find the source of the crave.

Quitting won't kill you, SMOKING WILL.

Dale

4 years

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About the Author
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.