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Something new to do (new quit or long term)

JonesCarpeDiem
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The past couple weeks I've been going to a rather unknown everything store that has the word "outlet" in it's name. It's been around a little over a year but their flyer interested me.

Remember, I am retired, have plenty of time to explore places and search for tastes that are new sensations.

They have many types of non alchoholic beverages from other countries.

Some are 2 for $1

There are some for over a dollar

They have a Thai Tea with everything in it that you'd pay  $5.50-$7  over ice out just under $3, it's a little over 16 ounces.

The tastes are incredible on the tongue during and just after.

Watch out for the one where you have to punch/plunge the marble into the receiver of the glass bottle to get to the melon soda. I lost 90% of it on my countertop and cabinets.  READ THE DIRECTIONS DALE

 

Be ADVENTUROUS with your quit. Try things you've never done before.

The fresher you can keep it, the faster you'll achieve it.

Adventure beats smoking every time

On, to the next aisle.

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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.