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Share your quitting journey

~Mothers Day: Phrases, Lessons, And Other Things Moms Taught Us~

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎05-12-2018 07:46 AM

"You're Cruisin' For A Bruisin'"

~General Theme When You Were Being Irritating, Annoying,

Or Were Doing Something You Had Been Told Not To.

~When You Excused You Behavior With

"Well They Did It First"

"If They Jumped Off A Bridge Would You?"

~If You Were Using Foul Language

"I'm Going To Wash Your Mouth Out With Soap"

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Actions:

~Playing With Matches

My Mom Held Our Hands Over The Stove.

(No, She Didn't Let Us Get Burned, She Just Wanted Us To Feel The Heat.)

Seeing People Smoking:

"Mom, Why Are They Doing That?"

"They Can't Help Themselves."

~Love You Mom~

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What Instructional Memories Do You Have?

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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.