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People who never find new ways will inevitably go back to the old ways

JonesCarpeDiem
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If every day quit is a bad day, you're doing it wrong. You are focusing on minutes not freedom.

You are fighting yourself not willingly accepting what you say you want.

Why do we focus on the few bad days? Are we trying to escape our quit?

It's easy to go back to smoking if smoking is all you think about. If smoking is all you think about, you haven't learned to distract your mind when you get an urge to smoke.

It's about changing little things and patterns that you did as a smoker. Once you start changing these little patterns you don't need to think of smoking or quitting. The little changes will remind you instead. Let new ways remind you you can change.

Changing it up.

Ever tried eating with your other hand?  Taking a different route to work? (no I don't want you driving blindfolded) Simple little things like moving the furniture around, making a new recipe,These will help you understand you can change and get you out of the trap of "smokers thinking."

If you get a craving that just won't go away? Slap yourself in the face. Stick your head under a cold water faucet. Howl at the moon. These things won't do damage but they will certainly remind you that you have a purpose.

You simply cannot think the same way you did when you were a smoker and succeed.

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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.