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Same Old Same Old

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎03-10-2021 11:41 AM

KEEPING IT FRESH FOR YOURSELF

When you get bored doing the same show every night, I was instructed to realize the audience in front of you is likely seeing and hearing it for the first time.

This rings true and is why I repeat myself often.

Aren't we all writing for the new quitters? How complicated will you make it?

What are the steps to quit smoking?

1. Deciding you want to stop. (You can't stop until you decide to.)

2. Preparing to quit. (Changing things up before you quit is most powerful)

Where Does It Come From? 

3. Knowing what to expect

/blogs/jonescarp.aka.dale.Jan_2007-blog/2011/06/26/what-to-expect-in-the-first-four-months 

4. Realizing quitting takes time to succeed

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/best-of-ex/blog/2013/12/05/the-two-sets-of-seasons 

Knowing how to throw off the strongest cravings

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/best-of-ex/blog/2011/05/24/no-mans-land-days-30-to130-appr...

How To Outshout The Voice In Your Head 

WILLINGNESS NOT WILLPOWER

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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.