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Share your quitting journey

I've taken a break from the site for most of the day

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎06-21-2013 08:47 PM

Can you imagine what an emotional toll it takes on the people that are here every day, every year to try and keep new quitters from going in a quit/smoke/quit/smoke/quit/smoke cycle.

Well I'll tell you, it can be very frustrating for us and very disheartening.

We really want you to get it.

We want you to understand the process and help you get through as quickly as possible.

We know it's absolutely no fun to be without your drug.

We promise however, that once you know you are free, you will appreciate the work you put in.

We didn't consciously put the pieces of the puzzle together when we were smokers.

We were as blind to what we were doing as all of you are in your beginnings.

So what's it gonna be? Are you willing to put your quit FIRST for 3 weeks until you are able to see it's manageable?

Or will you just keep playing at this?

I'm done with nicotine. I'm not here for me.

I'm here for you.

Let's get you here for you!

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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.