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Different Ways

JonesCarpeDiem
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   We likely tie our shoes one foot first and do it the same way every time.

I even slip my right foot in my sandals first every time.

      We want familiarity. We like it. We don't have to think so much.

      I've been watching the diabetes series  I've posted on this site and a major thing I've learned about is insulin resistance.

      The more weight you gain while on the diabetes medications, the more medication they add or change to control it because your insulin resistance becomes greater.

         So, I decided I'd be more cognizant of the amount of fat intake.

About an hour after waking I have a 16oz cup of coffee with half and half and if it doesn't taste right...MEH BLECH?   

So how would you use less half and half and keep the same flavor? 

You make less coffee.   

Look at your quit with a different perspective

and you open up the door to freedom.

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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.