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An Open Letter From A Long Time Quitter

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-07-2015 07:36 AM

Hello, my name is Lucky.

I've quit smoking millions of times and taken millions of people along for the ride.

They all believed in me and chose me to be their leader.

Honestly, I'm a jinx. No one who has ever quit with me has succeeded.

I think I KNOW you would be better served  listening to the advice of those here.

If you need me, you will find me smoking under the (feel like) crap tables in Vegas.

Good Luck? Nah, that won't stop you from smoking.

Lucky

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smorgy8513
Member
‎10-07-2015 07:42 AM

I used to know you.....we traveled together often when the urge to quit came along....Maybe you remember me?

Will  Power........

cousin to 

White Knuckles

marla_10.12.15
Member
‎10-07-2015 08:18 AM

Please tell me this isn't really about you. You're one of the best on here. Since you signed it lucky, I'm guessing it isn't. If it is, keep on trying. We all make mistakes. The sooner you quit again, the easier it will be. 

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JonesCarpeDiem
Member
‎10-07-2015 08:23 AM

It's not about me. 🙂

Magstoyou
Member
‎10-07-2015 08:27 AM

I know  you better than that Dale. Have walked the walk with you. Just got back from vacation and have to get caught up with the blogs!! It's not luck its will power is your talk. I know you still have your quit,

Mag 813 DOF

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MarilynH
Member
‎10-07-2015 09:27 AM

Thank you Dale, I know that you are just making a point with all of us and as usual an EXcellent point indeed because we must be willing to succeed and we will succeed.  

Marilyn 

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YoungAtHeart
Member
‎10-07-2015 09:35 AM

Willingness - not willpower OR luck - right, Dale?

🙂

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jonilou
Member
‎10-07-2015 10:58 AM

No luck involved as we know. I love the feel like crap tables. Man, that struck me funny. 

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Puff-TM-Draggin
Member
‎10-07-2015 12:27 PM

Dear Luck,

I left Nic for you.  You knew that.  And you let me down; right when I needed you most.

I relied on you..

And you know what?

You SUCK, Luck!

I've hooked up with Will now.

He is so much more dependable than you.

Goodbye and good luck, Luck.

Giulia
Member
‎10-07-2015 01:24 PM

Dear Lucky, you had nothing whatsoever to do with my quit.  It was all about education and  preparation, willingness and acceptance, perseverance and support. 

You are simply made of chance.  A very flimsy material.  I couldn't count on you for a dropped token.  And  I stopped playing roulette, of the Russian kind, years ago. 

You're the one that needs the luck.

TerrieQuit
Member
‎10-07-2015 01:57 PM

Dear Luck, You are not involved! It's all WILL(ingness) and committment! you mean nothing to me!

Goodbye!!

Terrie  93  DOF

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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.