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The "Crossroads"

JonesCarpeDiem
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      My belief is there are only two reasons people lose their quits.

The first is emotions (anger, fear, grief but also including anxiety, depression. etc.) and, the second is losing the ability to be responsible via drinking or drugs.

We must traverse the following crossroads without smoking to be free.

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Here's the thing. Quitting shouldn't be something you're against.

Break it down. It's a ritual tied to a drug. I believe it's easier to get rid of the physical addiction first and then unlearn the psychological connection long term.                                             Keep It Simple.

The Only Way Out Is Through

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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.