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Share your quitting journey

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JonesCarpeDiem
Member
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‎04-27-2017 12:01 PM

Self Talk

It's your easiest and best offense

when you are quitting smoking.

If you keep thinking about and

talking to yourself about smoking

You're headed back to slavery

Say "I don't do that anymore" when you think of smoking.

Laugh out loud even if you don't feel it.

Fake it.

Soon you will be laughing with all sincerity.

Whoop Whoop! Self Talk!

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MePlus3
Member
‎04-27-2017 12:33 PM

Yes! It's good to hear from an elder that I'm on the right track with self talking! Whoop whoop!

Mandolinrain
Member
‎04-27-2017 04:01 PM

Perfect!

I remember whining about not being able to smoke....it only made me want to smoke more.

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donpauli
Member
‎04-28-2017 02:49 PM

Selftalk is always going on in our heads. You suggest we get a hold of that monster and say something kinder/better for our selves. Thanks for the reminder. I just read, someone said flowers are gods laughter so I have to at least smile at the flowers this lovely spring. Don't smoke today, ha ha ha.

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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.