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When you speak it out loud...You give it power

JonesCarpeDiem
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you will have negative thoughts, we all do whether we are smokers or non smokers, but,  you don't have to make them stronger by speaking them, let them pass right by.

learn the process of quitting, the ways to break free. use some common sense. there is no need to be fearful

start changing things up. we are such creatures of habit. drink your coffee with the opposite hand. sing on the toilet instead of in the shower. wear the red shirt when it's an obvious blue shirt day. the simplest term to describe this would be behavior modification

you can't change anything until you change your mind. make that your mantra

focus on the goal, not the process.

you will have good and bad days, more good days than bad after the first three weeks

focus on the good days when you have the bad days. this will carry you through those bad days.

we  can help you through. we can tell you pretty much exactly how you are going to feel and when.

we can pull you out of your funks but, your attitude has to be positive and your outlook bright.

don't let negative thinking foil your quit.

let's get you where you need to be to succeed.

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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.