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Smoking is a cover up~Quitting is an eye opener

JonesCarpeDiem
0 9 20

Be prepared to see some things you may not want to see.

One of the reasons we smoked and kept smoking was to even out realities we didn't want to face.

That old hit of dopamine whenever we wanted it was a great equalizer but life is more than covering up.

It's easy to chain smoke when you find your spouse is cheating on you.

It's easy to chain smoke when someone close to you dies.

It's easy to chain smoke when you get served with divorce papers.

...........When you've been lied to, when you're in a car accident. I could go on and on and on.

While you are rationalizing your smoking WHY DON'T YOU PINCH YOURSELF AND WAKE UP! 

Smoking isn't necessary.

If you ever intend to deal with life and emotions on your terms and release pain instead of cover it up, quitting smoking is the biggest step you can take.

These types of things can be harsh but they can be freeing.

Smoking is a liar. Smoking is a trap that never lets you move forward.

Smoking is a band-aid on emotional wounds that can never heal until they get air and light.

Part of being free is experiencing some pain and working through it.

Be prepared.

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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.