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Where have all the ciggies gone?

JonesCarpeDiem
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Where have all the ciggies gone? long time gassing

Where have all the ciggies gone? deep in my lungs

Where have all the ciggies gone? Up in smoke my money's gone

When will they ever burn? not in my mouth, 'cause I've learned

Nicotine it wires your brain, this addiction

We all thought it kept us sane, boy what a lie

Just decide to let it go, grow yourself, be happy-o

When will they ever burn? not in my mouth, 'cause I've learned

Take your time unlearning this, you can't rush it

Many memories linger there, emotions too

Learning what we need to know, helps us learn to let it go

When will they ever burn? not in my mouth, 'cause I've learned

If you smoke one cigarette, you're still smoking

Being a slave you make a bet, it won't harm you

When you take a labored breath, please remember what I've said

When will they ever burn? not in my mouth, 'cause I've learned

Where have all the ciggies gone? long time gassing

Where have all the ciggies gone? deep in my lungs

Where have all the ciggies gone? Up in smoke my money's gone

When will they ever burn? not in my mouth, 'cause I've learned

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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.