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Trust

JonesCarpeDiem
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Can I trust him?

Can I trust him not?

He went that away>

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I took him out

He has his own mind

Can I see him?

Can I see him not?

I try to follow him on the security cams

      His mind was to go smell every shrub and bush at the neighbors and, after every one in their front yard he slithered between a fence post and a wall and was gone. I believe the reason is because all of that area is in his field of view at night and he sees all the critters go by and likely, they're smelling the bushes too.

Don't let your quit go the way of the cat.

It's your responsibility. It's yours and no one else's.

      I get a little fearful when Hoggie's out ever since that coyote got him when I first moved back down here. If it hadn't been for my neighbor seeing it and chasing that coyote with Hoggie in his mouth until he let him go (self preservation) I would have lost him 9 years ago.

Your quit is not a unruly cat.

It's yours. You control it

Don't throw it away

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He came back

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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.