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Truth Or Myth

JonesCarpeDiem
3 12 132

"You really have to want to quit to quit."

      I saw it stated again recently.

      I believe that MYTH keeps many people from ever starting because they believe they can't quit unless the really want to and they don't think they have that in them to risk it. Risk what I say? Saving your health? Isn't your health the key to your happiness? Do you want to hurt or have parts missing before you are happy?

      I've seen so many, many, people come to this site saying they wanted to quit and fail.

      Here's what I do believe. I do believe you can decide to quit, and, I know,

until you do, you will fail.

Saying you want something isn't enough for most to achieve it.

      Many successful quits start with a health problem like an upcoming surgery or even pneumonia.  These people didn't want to quit so how did they do it?

      What they did not do was cling to smoking.

      What they did not do was resent they could not smoke.

They were awakened because of NECESSITY.

After not smoking for a time they realized they were not only better off not smoking, they now had this time not smoking under their belt and they weren't suffering.

Don't Believe The Myths. They Are The Resistance

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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.