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What we tell our mind

JonesCarpeDiem
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What we tell our mind and,

What we could overcome if we stopped and allowed change.

We are so rooted in what we tell ourselves.

We have to get over that.

We can change

"I can't take a nap."

"I have to get 10 hours of sleep."

WHO SAYS?

      I've learned I can take a nap WHENEVER I ALLOW IT.

As far as the sleep restrictions?

      I have determined that 6 hours of sleep is required so I don't mentally drag during the day, but, here's what else I have determined

I can get 4 hours and get up for 2 hours and go back to bed for those other two hours and do as well as I would getting my six hours straight.

Stop telling yourself you want to smoke. Stop telling yourself you can't quit.

The only way anyone can ever succeed at quitting smoking is to allow it.

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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.