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Are You Being Proactive With Your Quit Or Sitting Back Waiting For A Tsunami?

JonesCarpeDiem
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Many people approach quitting as a huge hardship and fear it before they begin.

They will quit and then they sit back and wait for cravings, build negative feelings and talk themselves into smoking.

How does that serve attaining your goal? Don't let negative thoughts control your quit from the get go.

Begin by saying I don't smoke anymore before the negative mindset kicks in. Say it  out loud often, even if you don't feel any negative feelings.

Remember, this is you you are battling. No one and nothing requires that you smoke.

The tsunami won't come unless you create it in your head. We can talk ourselves into anything. Only you can make a choice to fail.

Stay busy but most of all, find something you love to occupy your mind.

Even if you only have one hour a day to enjoy it, you will have something to look forward to.

Quitting really is what you make it!

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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.