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Share your quitting journey

don't read into this....

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-07-2019 12:41 PM

Take it with a grain of salt?

"and the truth shall set you free." Isn't that what you want? freedom?

truth ends the argument you are having with yourself.

If you have the answer, there's no need to keep fighting for a different answer.

So, back to the grain of salt

      Will you add that grain of salt to the bitterness of letting go/giving up something you think you can't live without and are afraid of losing?

      Or

      Will that grain of salt be used to build towards something refreshing, say the rim of a margarita after you have some real time under your belt and are comfortable with your quit?

bitterness doesn't lead to a successful quit. 

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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.