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Things Change And That's OK

JonesCarpeDiem
Member
2 8 10
‎11-01-2015 10:39 AM

Halloween!

As A Kid:

Wow, I remember when we would get home after a night of trick or treating

We would empty our bags out on the dining room table and assess our sweet windfall

As An Adult and Parent:

I would go to the stores the day after Halloween and buy candy at 75% off.

As A Diabetic:

I Don't Do That Anymore.

And that's the way it is.I accept my circumstances.

Do I miss it? No. I don't miss it any more than I miss smoking.

Time changes things. We adjust. The only guarantee in life is change.

Give your quit the time it takes. When you happen upon the first day you haven't thought of smoking, enjoy it and, the fact that more and more of those days will be forthcoming if you will let them, and,

You can be free.

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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.