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On Overthinking

JonesCarpeDiem
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      They just showed a clip of Houston Astros outfielder Springer's game ending, pennant winning, final catch, putting the Astros into the world series.

      Springer was waving his arms indicating "it was his."

What if he would have missed after exclaiming he had it?

      When a ball is dropping toward your glove you can create anxiety by focusing on "what if I drop the ball?" (which can lead to dropping the ball) OR you can keep your focus on the catch.

Overthinking and lack of focus has killed many quits.

      Many who come to the site often focus on "what if I fail?" instead of their quit and, the majority, will give in and go back.

      Every day isn't going to feel like a perfect day whether you smoke or have never smoked in your life.

Focus on the fact that, with time as your partnerthe further you distance yourself from your smoking routine and memories connected with it, the further away you are from it.

Believe It's Going To Get Better In Time, And It Will!

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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.