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A month without cigarettes is a good start

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎03-04-2015 07:11 AM

But how long did you smoke?

If you smoked for more than a month you had better pay close attention to what you are telling yourself.

Some of you may be getting real tired of trying to not smoke, right?

again

I bet some of you are getting real tired OF TRYING TO NOT SMOKE.

This is why willingness and acceptance are how you want to begin and continue with your quit.

This understanding is what we try to grow here.

It isn't a fight and it isn't so tiring when you accept and grow your quit as something positive instead of watering the "hardest thing I ever did" attitude.

If you smoked for more than a month you shouldn't expect it to be over  in a month. Give it a positive twist It isn't going to keep itself if you wear yourself out fighting.

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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.