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The Logical Quit

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎09-09-2015 08:59 AM

I had no knowledge or plan when I quit but looking back, it was all very logical.
I had to come up with solutions during my construction career that were not only better, but, much less expensive than the specialists hired by the client.

How to do it?

You sit down with what you know and look at a problem from all angles, then think through each step of each path of resistance so you can choose the best one.
When you've done that, there are no doubts or questioning yourself or saying, I should have done that instead of this.

I've laid out what is involved in timeline form based upon what I've watched here and on another site for almost 9 years.

There is no need for emotion when you look at a problem logically.

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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.