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Relaxing Distractions

JonesCarpeDiem
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there are a number of quick distractions that I recommend

biting into a lemon skin and all

sticking your head in the freezer and breathing the cold air for 15-20 seconds

filling your mouth with ice cubes and trying to not get brain freeze.

Each of those will flip the craving switch off as your brain has to refocus due to the physical  stimuli.

But, what about the long craves when you are just sort of "real edgy" for an extended time?

I put up a link to a live barnyard the other day (can make fullscreen and has sound)

http://flyingskunk.com/live.php

Here's a link to a beach webcam I enjoy. If there are any clouds at all the sunsets are changing and incredible and you can make them fullscreen. Right now the best time is about 9:30-10pm Eastern.

http://www.camzone.com/seashoreonsand

Here's one to the live webcams at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park

http://www.camzone.com/category/animals

Guilia has a lot of good links on her page.

Shall we make a "Group" called long term distractions where everyone can post their favorites?

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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.