You know how we keep telling you it gets better?

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Those first times you realize you didn't think of smoking all day are your proof.

It begins for some in the 70's. It began for me in the 80's. For some later.

Yes it happens during the time most people give up.

Don't give up. Don't give in.

Those daye will become more frequent if you give it time.

I wasn't positive I was done until day 126. For some it takes longer.

But those days you forget are the beginning of your proof.

Look for them. Celebrate them.

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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.

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You know how we keep telling you it gets better?