Good for you ! These are the things that helped me the most :
God ,the patch ,Ex Community ,straws and deep breathing through a crave ..three breaths in and out very deep and slowly and especially deep and slow on last one . Positive thinking and never allowing the nicodemon to take root in my mind !
Welcome back, and I am proud of your attitude! Use what you learned on the prior attempt, and make this one the last.
Coming here and blogging every time it got hard was my saving grace. I was quit for 40 days when I found this site, had used the patches for 2 weeks, then an e-cigarette, planning to decrease gradually the level of nicotine. But once I joined this group there was no need to use the device anymore. I receive the guidance, the knowledge, I educated myself every step of the way. Deep breathing also helped me a lot, I learned to meditate and picked up 2 new hobbies.
Congratulations on your determination to make it happen. and please know you can do it, like we all are!
donna_2oo3 So glad you are back and that you learned what went wrong the last time so you can address those things THIS time. I came here every morning and every evening and it strengthened my quit to read blogs, to comment, to blog, to become an active member of this community. I have no doubt that it will do the same for you. Welcome back! Education, commitment, and support are keys to success.
So glad you're back at it. Life is always going to happen. Smoking doesn't have to. After quitting for quite a while I found that my quit became the thing I could rely on. All else could be falling apart around me - life happening - but the one thing that was immutable was my quit. It is now my rock. Not a rock that will sink me, but one that I can cling to for stability. It's the complete opposite of how it felt in the beginning. In the beginning was weakness, vulnerability. In the end is strength, inner confidence and growth. That's what Freedom from this addiction feels like. Every day you get through without smoking is a day you sink your roots deeper into the soil of life. Grow strong little seedling, grow strong.
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donna_2oo3 So glad you are back and that you learned what went wrong the last time so you can address those things THIS time. I came here every morning and every evening and it strengthened my quit to read blogs, to comment, to blog, to become an active member of this community. I have no doubt that it will do the same for you. Welcome back! Education, commitment, and support are keys to success.
Ellen
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Welcome back, and I am proud of your attitude! Use what you learned on the prior attempt, and make this one the last.
Coming here and blogging every time it got hard was my saving grace. I was quit for 40 days when I found this site, had used the patches for 2 weeks, then an e-cigarette, planning to decrease gradually the level of nicotine. But once I joined this group there was no need to use the device anymore. I receive the guidance, the knowledge, I educated myself every step of the way. Deep breathing also helped me a lot, I learned to meditate and picked up 2 new hobbies.
Congratulations on your determination to make it happen. and please know you can do it, like we all are!
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So glad you're back at it. Life is always going to happen. Smoking doesn't have to. After quitting for quite a while I found that my quit became the thing I could rely on. All else could be falling apart around me - life happening - but the one thing that was immutable was my quit. It is now my rock. Not a rock that will sink me, but one that I can cling to for stability. It's the complete opposite of how it felt in the beginning. In the beginning was weakness, vulnerability. In the end is strength, inner confidence and growth. That's what Freedom from this addiction feels like. Every day you get through without smoking is a day you sink your roots deeper into the soil of life. Grow strong little seedling, grow strong.
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