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180 days ago

Eric_L.
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I reread a couple of blogs I wrote the day before I quit.  I said all I want to do is be smoke free a day at a time and set myself up best for the future.

Much of my days can be filled with fretting about whether this, that or the other is being done correctly. 

The truth is that I have the choice to be smoke free a day at a time.  Now, I have the opportunity to set myself up best fo the future daily.  But, as with everything else on this journey of recovery, things aren't always as they seem.

Just like when I wrote those blogs 180 days ago, whatever I'm fixating on is not the issue.  It's never a problem.  It's what my brain latches onto to try to gain power and control. 

Being safe and knowing that you are safe and feeling safe are three very different things.  I am safe and usually know that I am safe but often I don't feel safe.

Thought stopping has been an immense help to me.  I don't have to analyze these fears I have.  I already have over and over.  There is nothing to analyze.  I am allowed to change my mind about things or explain myself, but for me it has become a reality that I miss out on life when I don't stop thinking.

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