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Someone asked what was our excuse for continuing smoking if we knew it was bad for us?

JonesCarpeDiem
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The Answer?

We didn't know there was no excuse. If you never choose to quit, how would you know if you could do it or not?

maybe the seeds planted in our heads as children.

As a child. I was told it was difficult to quit smoking by people who weren't even smokers. That "difficulty in quitting thought" possibly became an accepted rule of thumb for generations because of this conveyance of  "empathy/understanding/kindness" by a mother to her children.

Well, we now know better. A lot more study has been done. A lot more progress. A lot more knowledge.

And alot more people having success at quitting because so many others have done it.

We aren't equipped here to handle every other problem individuals may have.

We are here to help you quit smoking.

We know how and we are just passing it on because we appreciate those who went before us.

The only way to remain smoke free is not to smoke. This is not judgement, this is a fact.

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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.