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JonesCarpeDiem
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See things as they are.

      Change is inevitable whether we desire it or not, or whether we smoke or not.

Sometimes, life is a jumble that needs to come tumblin' down. 

Quitting's a big change.

It's awkward and aggravating, and demands persistence and a cool head to prevail.8-24.JPG

Maybe letting go of smoking is like a building that's been there 30 years, and, it's time for something new? So, let's knock it down.

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There. Ready to go.

      Sometimes a quit can feel like you're on bare ground. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't have to be cold ground.  It could be warm ground

It is what you make it.

I know what's coming, I'll give you a clue.

It's something with lanes you can't drive a car through.

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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.