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Desolation Point

OldBones-Larry
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I was talking to someone the other day and discussing the quit journey.

I said something about Desolation Point and they asked why it was called that.

I explained that I had called it that because it was located deep in the Relapse Rocks.

Many quits are destroyed by depression.

People feel so desolate that they pick up a sickorette to deal with their feelings.

I know that feeling very well myself, as do some others here.

Depression can rear it's head when you are breaking your addiction to nicotine.

I dealt with it so much more while quitting than I usually had to.

I made it past Desolation Point without relapse, you can also.

I encourage anyone that deals with this to find help to make it through this while quitting.

As always, I wish everyone safe journey.

Be wary of the traps Nic has set to entrap you and get you back into his grasp.

You can make it across the desert of NML safely.

Take your journey one step at a time.

One minute, one hour, one day at a time if you must.

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

Larry the Caravan Master

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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)