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Share your quitting journey

every one of us who has made it a few years

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-10-2012 12:32 PM

has been through everything you are going through that is actually related to quitting smoking.

the same physical withdrawal miseries: sleeplessness, lightheadeness, cramping, nervousness, constipation, tiredness, anxiety, anger, panic attacks and depression.

the people who went before us and taught us all did too.

the emotional rollercoasters: like finding out you can no longer live with someone after 33 years. losing a parent. having people cheat you in business. being in construction when the economy tanked. serious health concerns. all devastating experiences.

through all the trials you need something to hold onto. that is this place. no one is trying to treat anyone badly.

we aren't asking you to do anything we haven't done. and we certainly aren't asking for ourselves.

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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.