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Being Accountable To Yourself ~~~ Is Where Your Quit Must Reside

JonesCarpeDiem
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and when you do that, you can take it in stride.

success won't evade like it has in the past

and if you stay true you won't feel like an ~~~

 

add a stanza if you feel the urge

with the money you're saving you can treat yourself, splurge

but keep that in check, don't trade one for another

addiction is fine choose a good one my brother

 

If you eat like you smoked 20 times in a day

just what in the world do you think you might weigh?

find that something that gives you your dopamine rush

and keep life in check so your quit won't get flushed.

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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.