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You Aren't Quitting For The Fun Of It! Don't Let Yourself Get Overwhelmed By Overthinking.

JonesCarpeDiem
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Quitting is a good thing. It's not always gonna be fun.

There will be times when you may get just plain tired of quitting, especially during your first month.

Yes it's work because it's unnatural to try and undo such a pervasive part of your life, something that actually ran our lives.

You never thought of the feelings your little leaguer had when they hit that triple and looked for your face in the stands for recognition but you were out in the parking lot lighting up.

How about the person you were talking with who's conversation was lost because all you could think about was having a smoke.

That was our mindset.

That was our master.

So remember you are doing something spectacular for yourself.

Freedom isn't fun. You may have to take it moment by moment in some days.

Dig in. Dig Deep Never back down.

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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.