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Share your quitting journey

Where are you going?

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎05-24-2019 01:55 PM

Have you set your sights on freedom?

      Much of the first 4 months we have to muddle through our daily routine and push hard when necessary.

      I realize it's difficult to envision something you've always done as not being part of your future but, smoking is not something that has helped your life. You know it and I know it. Honestly, it has done nothing good for you.

      Here's something for you to look for and, look forward to:

      Look for the day you realize you didn't think of smoking the day before.

      That's a big win because more will follow.

Smoking may seem a formidable foe

You may think it won't let you go

but, realize it has no hold

You have the power of yes and no.

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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.