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If and when you have insomnia. (a common complaint of new quitters)

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-23-2015 07:04 AM

Typically, what often keeps most people awake is mind clutter. This, for me, is usually when I have a bunch of information floating back and forth that needs to be attended to and I don't want to forget so I run the same thing back and forth a million times keeping myself awake by doing so.

So, rather than do this, I learned to get up, turn on my computer,  and write down everything cluttering  my mind.This can take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes, but, by writing it down, I can allow myself to sleep because I know I'm not going to forget something, which is what was keeping me awake.

Why not try it. What have you got to lose except sleep?

PS When your mind is uncluttered and you allow yourself to sleep you may need to set an alarm. 🙂

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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.