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Smoking Is Automatic. We Don't Think About It When We Light Up.

JonesCarpeDiem
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This is why we have to unlearn it.

And then we have to plan so we don't put ourselves in harms way.

If I went back to the store where I bought my smokes I knew the owner would put two packs on the counter when he saw me come through the door. He doesn't care for my health. If i quit, he doesn't get my money anymore.

So, why would I put myself in that position to rethink my decision to quit?

You have to think ahead and avoid the simplest paths that would take you back to smoking.

Think of the obvious ones and then plan to avoid them.

This isn't rocket science but, you do have to plan ahead somewhat as to how you are going to unlearn smoking or you will be right back to it.

U can't play at this and expect to keep your quit

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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.