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Welcome. its easier to overcome if you know what you are fighting (So Lean On Us)

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎02-23-2011 03:14 PM

i've spent probably 12-15,000 hours on this and another quit smoking site since I quit over 4 years ago

i started out just like the rest of you.  i didn't have any of the knowledge i have now.

i had quit smoking for 2 weeks with no input whatsoever.

but in joining a site similar to this, i began learning about the whole process.

It is a process

I listened and felt how hundreds, thousands felt as they went through it.

i learned so much about things i would have never considered.

no mans land:, i learned about it just before i entered into it myself

i learned about the nicotine receptors.

All this knowledge passed down from the elders

i have heard every possible excuse for smoking there is.

i am here because i know very few people can spend 10 or more hours a day on a quit smoking site.

we old timers are here to help you circumvent the time it took us

to gain the knowledge we possess.

and we are also here because we enjoy helping and the love and care we share.

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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.