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I Wasn't Forced To Quit

JonesCarpeDiem
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not for fear of illness or death or for any reason other than a friend said

would you quit smoking? it would really help my brother quit because

he never considered me a smoker so my example didn't do the trick

to convince him.

then he said, it will be good for you. you won't smell when you go meet perspective

clients and its time to think about quitting.

i told him i would consider it.

over the next month i started telling myself to wait longer when one of those automatic

but unsatisfying times to smoke was approaching.

you know, the ones you dont even think about?

i never told him what i was doing

by the end of 4 weeks i was down from a pack a day to 5 a day.

i never denied myself. i just flowed with it until my body said

this is your last pack when i went to my store  that last time and paid for them.

 

 

that was over 5 years ago. i have learned to disengage from smoking and spent

15,000 hours on this and another site learning everything i can about what we all experience

when we quit.

while we are not exactly the same, there are strong similarities in the timing of what in the first 130 days we all

must get through to go forward living as non smokers.

i will help anyone who needs it.

if you have questions about how you are feeling or the physical symptoms you are experiencing

i probably can help you with an answer.

this is what we are all here to do.

it is our honor to help you break free.

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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.