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Share your quitting journey

This may blow your mind and it's not the first time I've said it.

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎06-30-2022 08:06 AM

You don't have to want to quit to quit smoking

Think about that!

I'll give you two examples.

One>Myself

I didn't want to quit.

My best friend at the time asked me to quit to influence his brother.

I began telling myself to wait a little longer every time I wanted to smoke.

After 4 weeks, I was down  from a pack a day to 5 a day and had proven I didn't need to smoke

just because I thought I did.

Two>Youngatheart

Nancy didn't want to quit.

It was forced on her during a medical event like many others in that same type of situation.

She didn't have time to work out a plan like I did.

She's still quit on her first try as am I.

This is not about trying or wanting to quit.

Be willing. Accept what you are doing.

SUCCEED

 

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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.