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Could that "missing something" simply be "confusion" because we have no idea what to replace smoking with when we get a craving?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎05-06-2013 09:28 AM

You unlearn being a smoker by finding other things to do when you get a craving.

There are lists of things on Aztec's and Youngatheart's pages..

Get a hobby you can turn to that involves both your hands and your brain when you get a crave.

FOR QUICK CRAVING DERAILMENT

Bite into a lemon
stick your head in a freezer and breathe the cold air
Run in place,
Splash water on your face
Put a rubber band on your wrist and snap it as a reminder. (not too hard, it's just to sting a little)
Let an ice cube melt in your mouth
Laugh out loud

 

Go outside, day or night and close your eyes. Feel the sun on your face. Feel the breeze on your face.

Cravings come but they typically last no more than 3 minutes.

Keep Your Quit! You Deserve Your Freedom!

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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.