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Who Taught You To Tie Your Shoes?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎12-10-2018 07:19 AM

Who taught you how to part your hair or tie your shoes?

Do you remember when you finally "got it" and you could tie your shoes for yourself?  It takes you back doesn't it?

This learning didn't just happen, someone taught you

It's why we stress learning how to quit. You do that in part, by understanding what you are up against.  Yes, reading takes some work but it's important to plant the seed that works for you.

In the end, you'll find quitting is more about changing your routine, accepting these changes as you go along, and allowing enough time for the changes to become your new routine.

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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.