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It's Difficult To Think Yourself Out Of A Bad Crave

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-07-2023 08:01 AM

Physical distractions can pull you out quickly but, there are some

do's and don't's.

A. Don't set your hair on fire

B. Don't drive off a cliff.

C. Don't ride a roller coaster without the safety bar and get up to dance.

Instead:

A: Stick your head in the freezer and count backwards from 20.

B. Bite into a lemon skin and all.

C. Eat a can of spam with your eyes closed.

    (open it first and take a good look)

These are safe alternatives that will do the trick and not risk life or limb.

 

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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.