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Very Freeing Being Free

JonesCarpeDiem
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https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/John10forteen-blog/2015/01/01/hi-everyone-happy-new-year

We talk about it and teach you how to make it happen on here everyday!

There is no reason to hang on to smoking.

It's a big lie we told ourselves

It's 2-3 weeks of your body readjusting and then realizing you don't need to smoke until it just fades away.

If you can go a day, you can go two days.

Two days turns into two weeks

Two weeks into two months.

Two months turns into two years.

Get it started and hold on for 130 days and you're through the most vulnerable time.

Be willing, don't put yourself in risky situations.

Don't let your emotions rule your quit

Happy New Year!  That's all you git!

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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.