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Share your quitting journey

Have You Ever Been Saved?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-01-2018 10:22 AM

      Beginning when we were young, we used to go to camping in Yosemite for two weeks every summer.. One of the favorite things to do there besides seeing Half Dome, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls and the other natural wonders.

Some of the most fun was swimming in the river but there were risks.

      Nature can create hidden dangers in the form of a deep holes where the river picks up speed and can suck you downward in a strong vortex.

      This happened to me when I was about 8 and if my dad had not been watching me, I would have drowned.

      My dad saved me from drowning but, I had to save myself when it came to smoking.

      You have the power to save yourself by making an informed decision (the informer is you) and being willing to let time distance you from the ritual and addiction of smoking.

No one can do it for you, not even my dad.

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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.