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CRS can strike at any age but can be especially prevalent among new quitters

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎11-13-2015 02:56 PM

I went to the dentist at noon yesterday and when I walked in, there were no other patients in the waiting room so I vocally announced, "I'm Here!" quite loudly.

Their response was, your appointment was at 10.

My response was, geesh, I made a daily schedule the last time I was here and  have faithfully transferred it to the next days schedule for over a month. I was sure it was noon.

I just now found the appointment card for yesterday's appointment  and it says NOON so you can change that "Can't" to a big "CAN" and pop goes the weasel!

Quit To Save Your Mind. It will get better.

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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.