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Share your quitting journey

We long-time quitters worry more about your quits than our own

JonesCarpeDiem
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See, we know the pitfalls.

We know how to get through the hard moments.

We've learned how to step around the smoking thoughts.

I myself never think of smoking even though I'm here everyday talking about it.

I have disconnected myself from tobacco.

That's what we are trying to help you with. We want you to that point.

Is quitting easy? It can be if you get your thinking in the right place.

Is quitting uncomfortable? It has its moments especially in those first four months.

Can anyone do it! A resounding YES!!

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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.