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Raw? or Done Well?

JonesCarpeDiem
5 3 41

      If I'm grilling chicken and and I bring it to the table only to find it's underdone, I have to put it back on the fire. Have you had this happen to you?

      I find a striking similarity to an undecided/unprepared quit. It keeps going back on the fire.

      If you plan your course well, (as in baking your chicken before you grill it), your outcome becomes foolproof!

 https://cookthestory.com/grilled-chicken-crowd-easy-make-ahead-way/

Plan your quit to win

      Find things you know will distract you when you get a craving.

      (Positive self talk rather than talking yourself into smoking. Bite into a lemon,       skin and all. Stick your head in the freezer and count backwards from 20.)

      Find something that gives you a dopamine release to replace what nicotine       gave you. (exercise, music, chocolate, hobby, volunteering)

      Plan to allow the time it's going to take.

      You don't believe a chicken thigh will cook in two minutes do you? 

      Know it will get better. When you break your arm, it doesn't heal in a week.

      It's gradual, but, it happens.

      Let it happen

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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.