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"WEAR LOOSE SOCKS"

JonesCarpeDiem
Member
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‎10-24-2010 07:49 PM

Relax with quitting.

when you get uptight just realize its the old addiction working on you.

recognize it and allow yourself to relax.

go outside close your eyes and feel the sun or the moon and the air on your face and take in some

good deep breaths.

Give yourself that same 5 minutes you would have taken to smoke.

realize its just a decision, and move forward

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dixie5
Member
‎10-24-2010 07:52 PM

ya know I am so glad you said that i know this might sound stupid but i was afraid to go out and sit on my porch to enjoy the fresh air cause it is such a trigger for me but now i know i can take some deep breaths(without hacking!!!) and just enjoy! Thank you!!!

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time-to-change
Member
‎10-25-2010 08:32 AM

Yes, I will relax, all the other times I got myself into such a tizzy about quitting, I forgot to enjoy the experience.  Now is the time to enjoy what life is really about.  Freedom, fresh Freedom.

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brenda61
Member
‎10-25-2010 09:38 AM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PqMeHvYrlhc/SG-Xc4J_ZuI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IWQI8BO26Pg/s320/DSC04930.1.jpg

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barbara42
Member
‎11-07-2010 12:27 PM

always wear my socks LOOSE !!!!!

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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.