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Crabs To Quit?

JonesCarpeDiem
1 11 17

He's a beaut, isn't he?

Over and over for nearly 10 years,  I've seen and  heard   "I can't seem to quit."

It is because you are undecided and unwilling. You get a craving and talk yourself into smoking.

Over the years I've been quit, I have created a number of sensory distractions that destroy even the toughest craving.

1. Stick your head in the freezer and count backwards from 20.

2. Bite into a lemon skin and all.

3. Fill your mouth with ice cubes and try to avoid brain freeze.

4. Laugh Out Loud. You can't hear yourself laugh and not be distracted.

5. Self talk:. Say "I don't do that anymore" out loud when you get a crave.

Today I am unveiling the latest in crave killers. I guarantee if you get a couple of these guys as pets and stick your hands into their tank when you get a craving, YOU WILL NOT SMOKE.

There are two reasons for this.

1. It's difficult to get a crab off one thumb while there's one on the other thumb.

2. You can't smoke with wet hands.

These tips won't work if you don't use them.

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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.