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The Things We Might Have Done

JonesCarpeDiem
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Epic flood sends cavers scrambling for their lives in the world's deepest cave 

Climbed into a cave, feeling so small?

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Maneuvering about, clinging to the walls?

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Realizing most smokers, couldn't do this at all?

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In order to smoke

what adventures were lost?

what did we miss out on

and what was the cost?

 We called it a habit

there's no bigger lie

We were kidding ourselves

It was stealing our lives.

Not even aware it came first in our eyes

All we enjoyed was a nicotine high

We have the choice, to tell it goodbye

so, let's get to it, there's no better time!

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imagine quitting smoking

it's easy if you try

no more morning coughing

'til you think you're gonna die...

Imagine drinking coffee

with no butt in your hand  uh uh wo wo

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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.