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PPPPssssssssssssssst!~~Hey You?~~have you seen those cigarettes following you?

JonesCarpeDiem
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You know, the ones in packs.
The ones that are trying to jump in your pocket or purse? Give them an inch and they take your life.

Of course you haven’t. It doesn’t happen.

Cigarettes do not pursue you, you pursue them

That said, there is nothing that can make you smoke except you.

There are no good reasons to smoke, no acceptable excuses

If you believe otherwise you are BS’ing yourself

Why is quitting so damn uncomfortable you ask?

Because you’ve never had what you are seeking and thus you don’t even know what you are looking for.

Most of us started smoking in our early to mid teens. We weren’t even formed yet.

We didn’t have any real responsibility until we smoked that first pack.

All of a sudden we are debtors to freedom. We have to worry about who sees us smoking. Making sure you can keep getting cigarettes is a big deal when you are young and don’t even have a job. Ever notice during all these years of smoking that you made sure you never ran out, NO MATTER WHAT?

Smoking OWNED US.

Don't kid yourself.

OWNED US!

So........... you are looking for something you’ve never had and you don’t know where to look. That's why it seems hard but you can take this realization and run with it.

It’s your way out
🙂

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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.