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Planning for your quit is planning for the future

JonesCarpeDiem
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Yes there will be some clouded "brain fog" moments but if you know they are coming, you can plan for them. Think ahead.  "I'm going here today, how might my quit become at risk? and "What is my exit strategy to retain my quit?"

I was a carpenter/and licensed general contractor after I left the road as a singer/guitarist in many groups.

My dad was a carpenter. I worked with him building and installing cabinets from the time I was 8 years old. FYI, My user name is shortened version of my old company name, Jones Carpentry.

When we build a gate, we always install a cable and turnbuckle so when the gate sags (and they all do after time) it can be adjusted without rebuilding the whole gate.

Is planning ahead and thinking of things to do before something happens making sense to you? Find and install your turnbuckles before your quit sags, ok?

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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.