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Nip It In The Butt

JonesCarpeDiem
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      In the beginning, what is needed is to

replace the dopamine you were getting from smoking.

That's a big part of the reason people get stuck and fail.

      You can get it from music or exercise, or, a hobby or craft, volunteering, a sport, or playing an instrument. Not only will these provide the dopamine, they keep your mind busy and thus, not thinking of smoking or not smoking.

(This really works. I played guitar at a friends house 10 hours a day my first two weeks as I was between construction projects)

PS

I Forgot To Include Food, Sex And Chocolate.  🙂

(I didn't actually forget, I was avoiding the ones that add calories)

A recent study says the dopamine is actually released when we think about the food even if we don't follow through and eat it.

(There are plenty of pictures of food on the net)  🙂

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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.