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A Serious Talk About Yellowstone And Your Quit

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎06-10-2016 07:11 AM

There was a story Nancy pointed out to me on skype last night about someone falling into one of these hot Springs.

This story might apply to a new quit with a coinciding vacation to Yellowstone. 🙂

So, some tips for you from someone with a long quit and a clear head.

Have you heard it said that the first month of a quit is a rollercoaster? It is.

So, how do you stay on track when you get a craving.

YOU PLAN AHEAD AND YOU STAY AWARE!

Tip #1 Skydiving to enter the park is probably not the best way in for the new quitter. You might pull on the control line a smidgeon too hard and drop into this.

Yes, many people may look for you. Will you be found wearing your patch or will it have come off?

Tip #2   Another danger if you've had insomnia the night before may be confusion and you may try to wash your hair in too strong a stream of water like this. Heads on rocks will not do well as your "shower of power" sweeps you downstream.

Tip #3 If you do make it and manage to dry out, you may want to avoid the maul for awhile.

Tip #4 While you are leaving the maul, don't get run over going to the pawking lot by these guys.

If you follow the above directions, you will come back here on Monday still SMOKE FREE!

Just sayin'

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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.