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Failure????

OldBones-Larry
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I have seen a couple of posts where someone has said they were a failure....

That is "stinkin' thinkin'" my friends. You did not fail.

The only way you will fail in this journey is if you just plain give up and stop trying to quit smoking! Are you willing to get up, dust yourself off, and begin the journey once again?

Then you are not a failure!!

You suffered a slip in thinking because of the addiction to nicotine.

Ol' Nic is a strong character. He is also a conniving a$$ that will do anything to keep you in his clutches. 

 Fill your quit toolbox with the weapons you need to reject Nic's lure and hold.

Use gum, hard candies, cut straws, a lemon, put your head in the freezer or anything you can think of to kill the crave.

This journey cannot be made in one day. If it could Nic wouldn't have any prisoners to his poison.

A journey is a series of steps that take you somewhere.

The same with your quit journey.

Take things one second, one minute, one hour, one day at a time. 

You will get to the other side of NML that way.

I know you can do it!!

Ask for help when you need it and I will promise that people here will do their best to help.

One step, and the another, will get you where you want to be.

Larry

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)