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Leeza
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‎01-23-2017 07:00 PM

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Early in my first quit (2011) I slipped with the "one puff" but didn't go into a full relapse.  Got back to my quit in less than a day.  Then with a triple digit quit going, I relapsed.  My addictive mind's "reasons" for why aren't important for they were only lies.  Yet at the time they felt like they were the "truth" then. 

Smoking didn't change the outcomes of any of the events that led to my relapse because it was just smoke (and mirrors). 

After making a few adjustments to my life, I began this quit on October 6, 2012.  I accept that my new normal is being a non-smoker.  I am reinventing a new self that embraces a better healthier lifestyle and cigarettes just don't fit into that picture.  I have not given anything up by choosing not to smoke anymore.

I CAN and am doing this...relearning life one day at a time (ODAT)

 

 

 

"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly." --Richard Bach

 

 

Butterflies are God's proof that we can have a second life.

 

Thoughts for Contemplation:

  •   It's not that life is so short, it's that we wait so long to begin living!
  •   "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." — Viktor E. Frankl
  •   It's never to late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot
  •   Don't waste your time wishing for a more favorable starting point.  Instead, make use of the starting point you have, and get going.  — Ralph Marston
  •   What you do today can improve all of your tomorrow. — Ralph Marston
  •   We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence (and being a non-smoker), then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristole
  •   Try not. Do or do not! — Yoda
  •   If not now, then when?
  •   What you resist, persists. Instead of resisting any feeling, the BEST way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it, and see through your resistance
  •   This too shall pass... when you get a craving it won't last forever
  •   A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Chinese Proverb
  •   Stay positive.  You become what you think about. — Earl Nightingale
  •   God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. * Selected from text written by Reinhold Neibuhr - 1926
  •   Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react.
  •   "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." — Albert Einstein
  •   "my aha moment came not when I felt that I was not gonna smoke any more but when I felt I didn't have to smoke anymore" — Mike n @tlanta

 

Thoughts for a Slip or Relapse:

  •   If you slip and lose your quit, don't lose the lesson. Feel your regrets but don't dwell on it.  Transform it into a future success for you can positively move past this experience.  Learn from the mistake so that you know what not to do the next time and keep going. Get back on course ASAP!  The longer you wait to get back to your quit the harder it becomes to live smoke-free. — Leeza
  •   Although I stumbled in my quit trip, I am not a failure. However, I did fail my quit. Now I must reevaluate and finetune my quit plan. I will pick myself up, brush off the dust, and keep going. And I will overcome this addiction NOW. — Leeza
  •   Every moment is a new beginning for me. — Louise Hay
  •   Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  •   Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear — Ambrose Redmoon
  •   Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."

love the life you live - live the life you love

Happiness - A conscious choice, not an automatic response

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Resources to aid you in your quit preparation and smoke-free journey:

 

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For an Attitude Adjustment, Some Inspiration or Relaxation:

http://positivepause.com

http://www.movieofcourage.com

http://www.danceintherainmovie.com

The new Golden Rule for women is, "Do Unto Ourselves as We Do Unto Others." It is important to take care of yourself BEFORE you take care of others.  Nowadays we are multi-tasking mavens and Oil for Your Lamp provides just the fuel needed to keep your own lamp full.  Be kind to yourself and watch this short video for some inspiration.  http://www.oilyourlamp.com

You are in charge of creating your future. Watch this inspirational movie about the power of choice - http://www.onechoicemovie.com. And remember, you're always One Choice away from changing your life.

Listen to either the 10 minute stress buster for your mind ( http://smokefree.nhs.uk/audio/For_The_Mind.mp3 ) or for your body ( http://smokefree.nhs.uk/audio/For_The_Body.mp3 ) to help stay calm and focused on your quit when an urge/crave arises

Take a quick beach vacation to relax and unwind with the soothing sounds of the waves and a great ocean view:  http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com or http://www.calm.com/

 

http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Transform-Stress-in-30-Days-with-One-Moment-Meditation/1

 

The Best Way Out is Always Through shows us that in times of adversity, it's perserverance that is the key to success.  Progress is evolutionary not revolutionary and most days we measure our progress in inches not miles.  This little vide provides inspiration for getting through tough times by staying the course.  Perserverance will help me to keep on keeping on, no matter what challenges life brings.  I can achieve success in quitting simply by sticking with it.  http://youtu.be/t06wMzhbrso or http://www.bestwayout.com/

STOP:  A Short Mindfulness Practice:  http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/PhwQvEGmF_I This is a practice out of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn, and co-authored by Bob Stahl Ph.D. and Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. (New Harbinger, 2010). This short mindfulness practice is meant to be sprinkled throughout the day to support you in becoming more present, reducing stress, and being more effective in every day life.

 

Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevent (MBRP)

The following links are MP3 audio files of practices used in MBRP.  The mindfulness practices in MBRP are designed to help us pause, observe present experience, and bring awareness to the range of choices before each of us in every moment.  We learn to respond in ways that serves us, rather than react in ways that are detrimental to our health and happiness.

Brief Sitting Meditation (female voice)

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Medical reasons to stop smoking

1. Based on a Finnish study, persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed in comparison to never smokers. Also those smokers who quit have an elevated risk of depressive symptoms in short run. However, in long run this risk declines to the level of never smokers. In other words, both completely smoke-free life style and successful smoking cessation in long run seem to protect from depressive symptoms.

2. Smoking has a negative effect on both cholesterol and blood pressure.

3. Smoking is harmful to the brain, mental decline is 5 times faster for smokers, speeds up the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

4. Smokers are twice as likely to lose teeth as non-smokers, have gum disease and other dental problems.

5. Smoking raises risk of autoimmune disease, raises the risk of developing lupus, more susceptible to developing rheumatoid arthritis.

6. Smoking raises risk of age-related macular degeneration and smokers are four times more likely to become blind.

7. People who smoke for more than 20 years are 70% more likely to have acid reflux disease than nonsmokers.

8. The prevalence of breast cancer among current smokers was 30% higher than women who had never smoked.

9. Smoking is linked to certain colon cancers.

10. Some studies have linked smoking to thyroid disease.

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Don't Quit

Author Unknown

 

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.

 

Life is queer with its twists and turns

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up though the pace seems slow--

You may succeed with another blow.

 

Often the goal is nearer than,

It seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up,

When he might have captured the victor's cup,

And he learned too late when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

 

Success is failure turned inside out--

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

 

 

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The Victor

 

Poet:  C.W. Longenecker

 

If you think you are beaten, you are

If you think you dare not, you don’t

If you like to win but think you can’t,

It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

 

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.

For out in the world we find

Success begins with a fellow’s will

It’s all in the state of mind.

 

If you think you are outclassed, you are.

You’ve got to think high to rise.

You’ve got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win the prize.

 

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster man.

But sooner or later, the man who wins

Is the man who thinks he can.


Brief Description

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If I smoke, I'll be right back where I started. Where I started was desperately wishing I could be where I am today.

“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now”. ― Zig Ziglar

Smoked for more than 4 decades (1 - 2 ppd).  I am addicted to nicotine - a life-long chronic brain disease which must be addressed every day.

Stopping smoking is a process, not an event.  I will make slow and permanent changes in my habits so that they become my new lifestyle, not a temporary plan.

Nicotine withdrawal is a temporary inconvenince for a major improvement.  It will not last forever as long as I stay free of this drug by refusing to allow nicotine to enter my body.


Website

How to gain weight without showing it --- keep smoking.  A pack per day smoker will accumulate a cup of tar in his/her lungs each year.


Location

arizona


Interests

staying smoke and nicotine free one day at a time, being able to breathe


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