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"Quitting Is Not The Same For Everyone"

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎06-23-2011 10:31 AM

(I just saw that posted in a blog.)

 

Did you ever think there are alot more things quitters have in common than not?

Everyone thinks their quit is different (sometimes I think) because they want it to be.

 

But why would you even use a phrase like that except as an excuse leaving yourself open to failure?

There are 2 steps to quitting that work for EVERYONE!

The first one being making the decision you will not smoke anymore

the second?

Not giving up on yourself.

That's really all it boils down to for EVERYONE.

Don't Get Into Excuse Mode!

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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.