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Share your quitting journey

Your new way doesn't have to feel so drastic

JonesCarpeDiem
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Don't Panic

You're in control.

Don't be askeered

Go with the flow.

That's what life's about.

If we knew everything that could happen

life wouldn't be nearly as exciting.

Look at the whole life you'll have as a non smoker

No more runs to the store so you don't run out the next day.

No more excusing yourself to go smoke.

A better quality of life.

Even if we pay a price with our health,

It is likely lessened the sooner one quits.

Personally, I wouldn't want to die with a cigarette in my mouth.

If you quit you win because you weren't smoking's slave at the end.

You can't buy self esteem, you have to give it to yourself and there's no better way than quitting smoking to boost how you see life and yourself.

It's a second chance

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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.