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I Had An Apprentice

JonesCarpeDiem
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      He worked at a paper I ran an ad in and as such was the first to see the ad in my search for an apprentice.

      In the first 2 years, he learned my way of doing things and more important the level of quality and results I expected.  He was sharp, always thinking, a body builder, and wanna be actor. Good heart. Didn't smoke or drink.

      After a couple years of working together, I sometimes had to meet with prospective clients,  stand an inspection at another job site, or get materials.

      After I had trained him I could turn him loose and had no problem letting him do it his way because he always achieved the results I expected.

      I try to lay out quitting in the same way for you as I taught him the building trades.  He got his general contractors license and went out on his own.

      We can get you started and walk you through the hardest part of quitting but our joy is when we know you're going to make it and we know it's okay to turn you loose.

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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.