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Do something you've never done to break a crave and give yourself a memory that is unconnected to smoking

JonesCarpeDiem
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             The Corn Oil Conundrum (A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS)         
First, you shouldn't have cigarettes around after you've quit but, if you do         
And if you're tempted...         
         
1. Pour three cups of corn oil into a large bowl and immerse your hands in it before you pick up that lighter.       
NOW, Do you think you would ever forget the experience?       
         OR     
2. You could drink it down      
Now, whether you made it to the bathroom in time or not, do you think you could ever forget the experience?      
      
       The next time you think of smoking, corn oil will be the first thing that comes to mind.    
    
   
   

 

   

AND NOW, Some Less Corny examples. 🙂

   

You can't smoke with wet hands. Ever tried?

  
  

You can't focus on anything else when your mouth is packed with ice cubes.

You can't focus on smoking when you are biting into a lemon, skin and all.

Do something but don't smoke!

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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.