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JACKIE1-25-15
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You have to keep forging ahead

This quit smoking thing can be really rough at times.  So many ups and downs but the reward outweighs the hard spots.  You start, you mess up, you start again.  You get frustrated, tired, angry, and you go through so many emotions that you normally dull with smoking you just don't know what to do. Now you are on this journey and you think you have got it right this time.  Oops, that little man on the shoulder comes when you are upset about something or just out of the blue and he whispers in your ear and says....just one.  Say NOPE (Not One Puff Ever) Is the key to battling the nicodemon.  Don't be fooled.  Shake it off.  Knock it off your shoulder and Stomp on it! Tell that little old man that you are not going to smoke no matter what! NMW  NOPE Say it Out loud!  NOPE  You have to forge on and not look back one day at a time. ODAAT. 

Sometimes it may seem to take all of your energy but it is worth it.  Do it by any means necessary to get to the good place of not smoking.   NMW  Guess what! You will not die. Smoking will kill you. You can make it if you https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/newbie-quitters/blog/2019/08/14/keep-it-simple?sr=search&s...‌  You can make this work if you NEVER GIVE UP.  If one thing doesn't work, /blogs/Youngatheart.7.4.12-blog/2013/02/25/100-things-to-do-instead-of-smoke?sr=search&searchId=241a... try another but never ever take a puff. NMW  No matter what!  Take smoking off the table, SINAO smoking is not an option.  Do something different, and keep forging to do something different.

Stand firm in your commitment.  Repeat after me.  Not on my lips, not on my tongue, not in my lungs. Not in my nose.  Not in my clothes Not in my throat, I will not choke because I will not smoke. If you are in a situation that may be stressful, step away from it.  /blogs/JACKIE1-25-15-blog/2020/08/26/practice-this-breathing-exercise?sr=search&searchId=431b98ff-de...‌, it worked for me.  Self-talk. https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/newbie-quitters/blog/2019/01/27/one-of-the-greatest-tools-...  Never give up never give in hang tough. You can do this.  Believe that you can.  Say I am a nonsmoker.  Keep forging.

 PUT THE PAST BEHIND YOU AND FORGE AHEAD » INSPIRATION ARENA

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Christine13
Member

Thank you Jackie, I needed to read this just now.

sweetplt
Member

JACKIE1-25-15 Jackie this is an absolutely wonderful blog post...You nailed it with keeping the quit...but in Life in General...

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YoungAtHeart
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Nailed it!!!

JACKIE1-25-15
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Giulia
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meWisconsin
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Keep moving forward. We all left smoking behind us and that is where it should stay. Everyone stay safe.

Terry

MarilynH
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Great post Jackie 100 % truth! 

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