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Share your quitting journey

do you want to be a smoker or not?

JonesCarpeDiem
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you hear it over and over

and over and over

"you have to want to quit"

i think that statement can be a shortcut to failure.

i believe many people say they want to quit but in their heart of hearts they really don't believe it.

so, let's break it down.

quitting smoking is really about keeping them away from your face whether you want to or not.

keeping them away from your face is simple. it isn't about wanting anything, it's about doing something.

you must use some common sense and make good choices along the way but you don't have to want anything.

one of the first phrases i heard when i first quit was keep it simple stupid. (KISS)

this surely rings true with quitting smoking. don't overthink it. it isn't that complicated.

Keep Them Away From Your Face

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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.