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Share your quitting journey

Dear friends Linda Mustafa emailed requesting I share it on th sitee

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎04-03-2022 10:29 PM

Hello Dale I hope you are well and that life is treating you good. Could you please share the following post with the group and say hi to everyone from me .Thank you

✨Celebrating 8 Years of Smoke( Poison) Free ✨

Hello everyone 👋I hope you are well and in good spirits . Today I’m celebrating 8 years of smoke ( poison ) free . What a wonderful feeling ! ExFamily was a massive help back then when I started my journey many years ago. I met so many kind , lovely and helpful people here . We encouraged and supported each other . I do miss interacting with you guys but as a Brit I can’t access the site any longer but I do keep all of you in my heart and mind . I’ve come far since 2014 , experienced all the stages that this journey has , the good and the bad , the struggles , the doubts , but I always stay determined and willing ,absolutely sure in my resolve . As we know the world as we knew it has changed these past years and we were all faced with many challenges . I ended up in hospital , bedridden from Covid last December -my lungs were covered with the virus . Imagine what would’ve happened to me if I did not stop poisoning myself 8 years ago , I dread to think about it . Although I was extremely ill I am convinced that my decision 8 years ago helped me immensely to recover from a vicious virus. I’m looking forward to the bright and positive future , enjoying life to the fullest. Thank you all for reading this post and I wish you all the very best .

Much love x Linda (8YearsOF)

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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.