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JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-05-2015 02:19 PM

But...you can change your direction when it comes to quitting smoking successfully at any time.

The score was tied. It had all come down to a field goal attempt in overtime.

The kicker was a new hire, a rookie.

The ball was hiked, he kicked it, and ...........................he missed.

But as it turned out, someone from the other team had jumped early and was offsides.

The kicker got a "DO OVER" and this time, he made the field goal and won the game!

This failure could have haunted him for years and affected his career.

With quitting smoking there is no defensive player who is going off sides. You are in control.

You make the field goal!

If you will own this knowledge, there is no excuse to defeat yourself.

Onward and Upward.

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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.