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Unsurmountable Task (s)

JonesCarpeDiem
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Finding a fan at this time of year.

The one that brings in air beside my bed crapped out yesterday and I layed there

perspiring all night. I pity the hog with all that fur.

Speaking of Hoggie,

I took some pictures of him on my desk last night and made a slideshow of stills.

It's funny when his tail moves from photo to photo.

Take a look if you dare.

http://s1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb341/WhoheBe/hoggie%209-7/?albumview=slideshow

 

Task #2

I've been going through my friends list of people I have not seen for a long time and asking where they are and if they are still quit on their message boards. Some have been gone for years with no word. I guess you know by now only 5-7% of people who try to quit make it a year. Take some time and reach out to those you haven't heard from in awhile. Ask them what's up with their quit and invite them back.

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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.