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Share your quitting journey

We Each Make Our Own World Of Comfort.

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-08-2017 06:53 AM

We know how we like a hot dog.

We know how we like our coffee that is perfect for us.

      Does it matter if there's a dent in my car or it gets washed twice a year?  No.

      You find what gives you comfort. I enjoy Hoggie more than the cardboard scraps all over the place from his scratcher or him waking me or the occasional hairball on the floor. My carpet isn't as important as the comfort he gives me.

      Smoking was a part of me for 40 years. Truth is, I never thought too much about that.  I don't believe it ever made me emotionally happy.

It just was. I honestly don't miss smoking in the least.

No reason to cling to things that don't make you happy or don't contribute to your comfort.

How do you like your hot dog?

And your coffee?

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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.