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The Physical And The Psychological Addiction To Smoking Are So Interconnected

JonesCarpeDiem
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        Don't you think it might be a good Idea to separate them so you can move forward and destroy them both?      
       
               
       
        What I mean by that is setting up that conception in your thinking instead of trying to slog through your quit.      
       

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There is no need to want to if you will take the doubt of emotions out of it.

      
      

You can simply follow our lead as we uncomplicate the quitting process for you by breaking it down in the blogs.

      

If you have questions ASK. It is the best way to get  and stay involved with your quit.

     
     

Divide: Begin separating the two parts of the addiction in your head.

     

Some will choose to tackle the physical addiction promptly.

    
    

Others will use an NRT while they begin unlearning the psychological connections of the hand to mouth cycle.

   
   

The trick is to not get caught connecting the nicotine replacement to your old smoking cycle because then,

   

you cannot get out of the cycle.

  
  

See it clearly. Attack it with knowledge.

UNLEARN IT

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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.