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why reset your quit date if you've smoked?

JonesCarpeDiem
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People who don’t reset their quit date will usually smoke again. The excuse is, “I did it before and it didn’t affect me.”

When you smoke after you quit, you’ve broken the agreement with yourself to not smoke.

If you don’t reset your quit date, you are no more accountable then the first time you broke your promise.

Resetting gives you a clean start without guilt. It also helps us figure out how we can best help you.

Scientifically: You can’t fool the nicotine receptors. If you feed them, they will want to be fed again and you will be back in the “should I smoke” battle with yourself. They will start dying off and being replaced when you stop feeding them but, not before

The date behind people’s names on this site means something. It is the date the last cigarette touched their lips.

PS There is no judgement here. We just want to help you get to living life without smoking.

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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.