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Italian, Rye, And A Fresh Baguette

JonesCarpeDiem
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You don't inhale like a cigarette

      When I cook, I cook from memory. I remember the tastes and texture that stood out and, I try to recreate what I  liked best.

I make a Reuben with rye

Italian makes great toast for me

And a fresh baguette with sweet butter....

      We make circles with food memories much like we did with our connections to smoking. The supermarkets encourage it. They put the next seasons memories on the shelf 2 months early and when the week of the celebration arrives, all those ingredients go on sale. We are actually programmed by season in this way..

Our memories are what make it difficult to change

This is why quitting smoking seems so strange.

The connections to smoking are simply unlearned.

Time away is the secret ingredient.

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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.