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Firsts on the 1st

JonesCarpeDiem
Member
2 8 17
‎01-01-2016 07:10 AM

First, Happy New Year!

For those who have just quit and are feeling out of sorts and discombobulated , please step into the recombobulation area.for your first coffee without a cigarette. Can't think of coffee without a cigarette? So change it up!   Drink it with your other hand. Drink it in a different place.

Success is about change and no longer being a Butt Tomato Magnet

Now a few questions. to show you where we all came from:


First Question:
What would be the first thing a smoker reaches for on New Years Day?
Question:
What would be the first thing a smoker made sure they had in an emergency situation?
Question:
What is the first thing a smoker wants after a meal?
After sex?
Outside a funeral? After church?

Do you see the smokers mindset?  Do you see yourself?

And now, do you understand how big the changes must be for you to succeed?
Will you be holding onto your quit or will you be holding onto smoking?

We'll be here to help you through the milestones of quitting.

Stick around!

Ask questions. We will help you navigate the site and your quit so you succeed!

8 Comments
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.