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Know Your Limits

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-27-2019 06:48 PM

Two holes a day. What can I say?

That's all I can do. How about you?

I'm installing grab bars and shower curtain rods.

I already burned out one drill.

      Geesh this porcelain tile is thick and is a nightmare to drill through. With most ceramic tile, once you get through the top glaze, drilling becomes easy. With porcelain you have 3/8" inch of hardness to drill through.

      I bought glass and tile bits but they wouldn't even scratch it, let alone get a hole started.

      I bought diamond bits this morning at $15 each

It's still slow going, around 40 minutes for each hole.

      You have to focus and keep pressure on the drill the entire time plus, keep the bit at 150 rpm's.

I have 6 more holes to do. I'm counting the days.

Your quit. You need to know your limits.

Don't put yourself in impossible situations.

Know your limits and build your days.

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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.