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They Mean Well?

JonesCarpeDiem
3 3 60

It's dang hot out there (not so much in here)

They went for a drive and brought me back a GIANT Slurpee!

completely unaware that it would tie my stomach in knots and probably KILL ME.

(I'm diabetic)

You new quitters:

If you're out there and your friends offer you a cigarette?

DON'T DO IT!

I'm not having that slurpee because I KNOW BETTER.

If you have that one cigarette we both know you'll be right back in the pit.

 

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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.