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And Just What Was So Wonderful About Smoking?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎06-08-2014 07:20 AM

You see, deep down, we all know smoking is wrong. We all know it damages our health.

We've all lost friends and relatives to it's curse.

People often wonder when they are going to be happy about quitting.
If you've won the battle and aren't happy, what was the point?
When we get through No Mans Land, I think we ought to be feeling some kind of happiness that we don't need to smoke anymore.
If you've gone this far and aren't happy about not being chained to smoking you may need to ask yourself (honestly) what it was about smoking that was so wonderful?

If you still think smoking is something you can't live without,  If you're still dragging your quit around like it's a burden and not happy with your accomplishment, your quit is at risk.

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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.