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THE SECRET OF THE QUIT

JonesCarpeDiem
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People quitting smoking seem to think their situation is different and individual.
Some want to use the patch, some the gum, some hypnosis, some cold turkey.
What we use or don't use doesn't define our quit or bring success

 

I'm going the tell you the one thing we all have in common. It's the one and only place we all have to get to to be successfull eX smokers

  

Are you ready?

  

Until you get to the place where you decide you won't smoke, all that came before is difficulty of your own creation.

  

That's where you have to be. That's where every quitter has to be. Some of us did it the first time because we understood this when we started.

  

Those who do it over and over must still reach this point to succeed.because it's the only way.

  

There is only one way.

  

Think about what I just said. Until you get to the place where you decide you won't smoke Going in circles, you are just spinning your wheels. You will either remain a smoker or be successful, dependent on whether you internalize this or not.

  

Now, everyone tell me it's different for you! LOLOL.

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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.