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It Only Takes A Moment To Change Your Mind

JonesCarpeDiem
6 7 91

A sunrise begins in darkness

It goes from greys to yellow and rosy colors 

and then those rosy colors

fade to blue and white or just blue.

This usually happens within 10 minutes.DSCF3179.JPG

You must be able to clear your head when

the thought of smoking comes along.

It only takes a moment

Realize

There are many steps to smoke after you've quit

The last step is inhaling to get it lit.

You can stop at any one of those "before" steps.

This is a powerful addiction

until you change your mind and

take the power from it.

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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.