"Proof Of Life"

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What Fuels A Quit To Freedom?

"Knowing"

I have watched so much over these past 10+ years and tried to put together a timeline determined by the information I've received from others and what I've seen here to shine a light on tangible goals that people

who succeeded have in common.

That first day where you realize you didn't think of wanting to smoke all day

IS MAJOR!

These moments are "Proof Of Life"

These can happen any time but typically happens between 80 and 100 days.

Look For It.

Let those wins fuel your quit.

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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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"Proof Of Life"