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Waiting for the other shoe to drop?

JonesCarpeDiem
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      People quitting smoking often tend to believe something is going to happen that is going to make them smoke.

Focus on unlearning the connections.

Every time you catch yourself realizing you would have smoked but didn't is a win.

Winning is unlearning the connections to smoking.

Grab those wins. Put those on the tally board instead of those fears and dread.

They'll add up quickly.

Hurricane Laura seems to have taken it easy on Galveston. It's on land in Louisiana.

The following link is the most diverse for watching the weather worldwide.

(you can drag the map anywhere in the world)

Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps 

the choices on the left give you an accurate view of all aspects, wind, rain, waves, clouds, etc. If you hover over different areas and move your cursor over different areas you can see the highest waves and wind speeds in the area.

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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.