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The Field Of Meens (dopamines)...Nicotine Receptors...& Dopamine

JonesCarpeDiem
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Non smokers don't have active nicotine receptors in their brains.

We're special. We were able to grow a whole field of them and keep it watered with every puff.

We are so special that when it needs "watering" we have a tad more than a desire to do it.

So when that movie seems half over, or that dinner out is nearly done, or any number of other things that last

over an hour come our way? Its just easier to not make plans because we know the garden will need tending.

Fughet about plane rides. Too long without without smoking.

Society's trying to eliminate where we can get our watering done. Damn them anyway.

Our bodies know as long as there's nicotine, there's dopamine.

And isn't that what we all want?  To feel good at all costs even if we don't fit in?

I didn't know about these nicotine receptors until about 4 months into my quit while I was on another site.

It really dissappointed me. I felt like "what's the use"?

About 4 months later I learned   they have a lifespan and begin to die off when we don't "water" them.

It's our choice to garden or not to garden.

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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.