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Share your quitting journey

We are not here to beat you up BUT, WE ARE HERE TO SHAKE YOU UP!

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎08-14-2015 12:36 PM

People who have failed over and over need to change their thinking. If you see a comment from an elder it is not meant to antagonize but to simplify.

We are also here for those who have never lost a quit or never tried to quit so please, keep that in mind. They have a right to not fail the first time nor be dragged down by everyone's excuses.

What we say is not meant to be harsh. We are here to help people quit smoking.
We know we can't help the arrogant ones. Some of them may get so angry they will keep their quit just to spite us. That's a win for us and them.

You see, whether you've quit 200 times or one time, everyone must get to the place of acceptance of not smoking to succeed. You can't be comfortably quit long term until you realize this.

We are simply trying to help you find it sooner.

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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.