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When Your Knees Are In Water

JonesCarpeDiem
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Smoking Is The Last Thing On Your Mind.

      The toilet supply valve handle got broken off last night and flooded the bathroom.

      One person was trying to hold it in while the other was trying to duct tape it.

      The water was finally turned off and I was able to remove the valve. Unfortunately, I don't own  a puller and the brass ferrule that compresses the shutoff to the copper pipe was stuck. I was hoping the new shutoff valve would work with the old nut trapped on the pipe. Someone went to the hardware store for the valve and a new supply line while I prepared for their return.

      I was able to get it started but, it sure didn't want to stop spinning on the pipe meaning there was no seal.

      I kept at it, and kept at it, and kept at it, until it stopped moving and made the seal.

Your quit requires you keep at it until you "make the seal."

It's not like you're trapped working in a foot of space between a bathtub and a toilet while trying to use two wrenches at the same time. 🙂

Trust Yourself.

You Are The Only One Who Can Make You Smoke.

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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.