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Very Important Concept...I Hope I Can Explain It Properly

JonesCarpeDiem
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Smoking was such a huge part of each of our lives.

How do we replace it?

How do we fill the big empty place quitting leaves?

You know, it's ok to try to stay busy to try and ignore that hole but it will only get you so far.

Someone wrote me today and was describing an addiction that was as strong as if they had just quit yesterday.

This is that hole.

They have stayed busy for over a year but I don't think they replaced smoking with anything which means that void is going to appear occasionally.

I would suggest you do something for yourself that lifts your spirit . A new "go to"

My fear is that if you never fill the void with something that enhances your being, smoking may always be waiting in the wings.

You need to let it go by finding something fulfilling that feeds your soul.

Whether it be religion or music, or meditation, or exercise. FIND IT

Going on with your day to day life may not be enough to keep your quit.

Find something better than smoking and let smoking go.

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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.