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Are You Noticing A Trend Here?

JonesCarpeDiem
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Do you see what happens that makes people think they need to smoke?

It's called life, living life. It's called missing something and believing it can make negative things AND FEELINGS dissappear.  Do you remember when life was stress free? It isn't. It never will be.

Did you notice I didn't say "what made them smoke"?

Nothing makes anybody smoke. Smoking is a choice.

Are you noticing when these people are smoking? The time in their quits when they give up and choose smoking? yes it is typically in the first 2-4 months.

I'm not being critical, just pointing out the cycle that i've seen here for the past 6 years for you new quitters.

This is the reality. This is why only 6% make it a year.

This could be you.

Until you believe  that smoking does not fix things you will never be a stranger to it.

We can tell you 1000 times but that obviously will not make you believe.

That must be rooted in an unshakeable truth that has to reside in your heart and your gut. It will never be  willpower that keeps you from smoking. Willpower is usually worn thin or worn out in no mans land.

Think long and hard what smoking or not smoking means to you. What it means to any future you have. To the people who will be part of it. Smoking affects everyone involved, not just the smoker.

There are costs

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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.