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IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎03-16-2015 02:46 PM

My twin brother recommended someone from church who works on his old Tacoma.  I spoke with him Friday and he said if I called him today at 8, he would try to come over.

He had it pretty much pinpointed on the phone Friday.

He tested his theory and then took it out, called the closest parts place (less than a mile away), went and got the part and had it all done in well under 2 hours.

He also checked and tightened the valve cover gasket ( it was leaking oil and had never been checked) and took one front tire off to see if I needed brake pads. Didn't.

I'm certain had I taken it to a dealer it would have cost $500+ and I would have had to leave it and get rides back and forth two times.

He only charged me $85 for all labor and $165 for a new starter.

I'T'S ALIVE! I'T'S ALIVE!

 

Never once thought of smoking!

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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.