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Needy? Fearful? Dependent?

JonesCarpeDiem
6 11 82

      I bet you thought this post was about missing smoking and the fear of failure, and all those kind of things,right?                               

                               Actually it's about Hoggie, the cat.

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      Now, Hoggie's content to sleep all day but, when I try to get 6 hours of sleep at night, he'll try to wake me two or three times.

      I don't mean by plopping on my legs, pinning me to the bed like an immovable weight so I can't change position, I mean, he starts talking.

      I've tried to determine why. I take preventative measures to make sure he has fresh water and fresh wet and dry food so he can't use those as an excuse.

Could it be he is only seeking "Proof Of Life?" 

    

      I've had talks with him about letting me sleep and he won't make a sound for about a week. I guess he's due for a talkin' to.

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I've known him since he took his first breath

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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.