How Complicated Are You Going To Make This?

[JonesCarpeDiem]

We started smoking because we were idiots.

We continued smoking because we were addicted to nicotine.

So what excuse is there after we stop using nicotine?

What will be an excuse to start smoking again, say after 6 months.

We don't dream about nicotine. We dream about the act of smoking.

After those nicotine receptors have normalized,

it's thoughts and memories we've connected to smoking that bring people

back to smoking, PERIOD.

Anger, Fear, Stress, Depression, Joy, Grief.

Emotion, generally speaking, is any relatively brief conscious experience characterized by intense mental activity and a high degree of pleasure or displeasure. (Emotion - Wikipedia )

This means WE are creating the emotion.

There is no outside force making us smoke or want to smoke.

Did you notice I underlined

RELATIVELY BRIEF=SHORT?

Stop and think. You can halt that thinking easily. Catch yourself and see.

Now, how do you lose those thoughts and memory connections you've

made 20 times a day for however many years you smoked.?

YOU MAKE NEW ONES

You start by changing your routine slightly and, over time,

you will forget about smoking.

Keep your emotions out of it.

We create and build those smoking thoughts.

We make them unmanageable.

If you will take this knowledge to heart, there are no excuses.

Stick with your DECISION TO NOT SMOKE.

And, Be A Winner In Your Own Eyes.

Time Is The Healer

[elvan]

Time IS the healer!  It is absolutely true.

[MarilynH]

You are 100 % right Dale, Time is the healer and life just keeps getting better and better without the crutch of smoking!

[Daniela2016]

I would say Time and Time with Ex.

Even after 1 year as an Ex I need my daily dose of exposure to EX.  I need to stop by, read, respond, remember where I came from (20 cigarettes/day at the beginning of March16) and what I need to remain (an EX).

[Giulia]

Wise words from a wise Elder!

[freeneasy]

Good points all. I lost a 4 year quit many years ago and went on to smoke for many years.Idiotic

[TerrieQuit]

Thank you, Dale! So True!  ~Terrie~

[paulh]

Thank you Dale. So true. I needed to see that today.

[donpauli]

Thanks. I needed an adult uncomplicated kick in the ass right now. Ya know comments do help knowing there are people out there who are being supportive.  

[pongaselo]

Good approach. As I have proceeded through the first week of my plan, I have started to notice a change in energy level. I have decided that this is due the change in my nicotine intake and not some sort of phsychotic episode. My body had been made tp  go back to the work that it has relied on nicotine for and it really hasn't got quite up to speed yet. Thanks for walking me through what I already knew. Seriously, its is very easy to lose track of what I am doing at this point. Very easy to lose track.