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Share your quitting journey

I'm proud of all you people who are taking your shot at this...Make It Your BEST Shot.

JonesCarpeDiem
0 11 15

It Can Be Your Last!

 

It's funny how much i get from trying to help you. Immeasurable.

Now when I meet anyone in a social setting and they ask me what I like to do or enjoy doing,

I always include that I try to help people quit smoking tobacco as well as writing music.

So I want to thank not only the other elders here for all their hard work but, each one of you for allowing us to

guide you out of the addiction we have all been held captive by.

Make your quitting all of our reward.

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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.