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Share your quitting journey

do you not think after watching tens of thousands of people "trying" to quit

JonesCarpeDiem
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that we cannot tell where your head is at from what you write?

this is the most frustrating time of year for those of us who have been quit for a few years.

you know why? because we come here in the morning to see blogs of failure.

did you know only 6% of people who quit make it one year?

this is why we get right to the truth. It's not that we are trying to be harsh.

those of you who believe it takes multiple "tries" to quit successfully have bought into the brainwashing that quitting is impossible and you make that your excuse to fail. it only takes one time to "do" it.

each time you fail you buy into the brainwashing one more time and put a hole in your armor for the next "try"

so when we see you write about wishing you luck and hoping it works (whatever "it" is?) we already know your head is not where it needs to be to succeed at quitting. And my concern is the other two or three responders who write responses to your blog and have the same "maybe I'll get lucky this time" attitude.

we'll try to turn you around and help you get to the place you need to be to succeed but it can't work if you are not ready to listen.

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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.