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Did you hear the one about the priest....

JonesCarpeDiem
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Who went to a plastic surgeon and had his lips botoxed so he couldn't feel a cigarette between them thinking that would keep him from smoking? True story. Didn't work.

People will go to great lengths to "try" and quit smoking. They will believe in everything but themselves being able to do it.

There is only one way to quit. (and I'm not talking about your choice of what to use, I'm talking about using what's between your ears to your advantage and not against it.)

Honoring your decision to not smoke, your willingness as you take this journey, and, giving it the time it takes to get to thgat place you forget about smoking or being a smoker but rarely.

"Keep Them Away From Your Face"

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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.