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For Those Having Trouble With Your Quit. How you can retrain your thinking in one week.

JonesCarpeDiem
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For a long time, YOU WERE A SMOKER.

In the beginning of your quit, it is natural to think of smoking as often as you would have smoked.

Here's how to rewire your brain IN ONE WEEK, to circumvent those thoughts of smoking:

EVERY TIME YOU THINK OF SMOKING SAY,

"I don't do that anymore."

Don't let the "don't" fool you.

This is actually a POSITIVE AFFIRMATION. You are affirming what you say you want.

6 Comments
AnnetteMM
Member

It works.

YoungAtHeart
Member

And then change your.mind's direction!

Gai.C
Member

So true

sweetplt
Member

...and it works....wishing you a Happy Saturday Dale @JonesCarpeDiem 

meWisconsin
Member

It worked for me. Hopefully it can work for you too.

Terry😎

Maltman
Member

I retrained the way a thought about quitting.   Instead of it being something big I needed to do.  I made it something small.  
something simple.  I steered away from making it hard.   I stopped making excuses and started loving myself again.  

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.