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Share your quitting journey

So....Once we take nicotine out of the picture

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎01-24-2015 11:53 AM

Isn't quitting smoking just modifying our behavior by making different choices until we make the different choices automatically instead of grabbing a cigarette automatically?

Keep It Simple

It's just a matter of giving it the time it takes for that to happen

I promise you that if you don't fight yourself on this, you will have days you forget about smoking around day 100.  Some of you cannot even imagine that right now, but, you will see it happen if you stick it out.

The only way out is through.

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MarilynH
Member
‎01-24-2015 12:17 PM

Amen Dale........

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CatsRsmart
Member
‎01-24-2015 12:25 PM

Good stuff. Thank you for being here. We love cats too.

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Scott106
Member
‎01-24-2015 12:29 PM

keeping it simple and giving it time...keep repeating that to myself when urges hit

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bj_15
Member
‎01-24-2015 02:17 PM

Love this blog Dale! I didnt believe it either when I first quit, but its so true!! Glad your sharing the information and its a nice reminder to people like me on how far we have come. Thank you! 🙂

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jdrabbit01
Member
‎01-24-2015 02:52 PM

It's great to know that someday I can stop having this conversation in my head.  At this point (6 days) it seemes like it will just keep going.  Great to have so many here that have been through it all and give me hope as I continue.

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annb
Member
‎01-24-2015 04:07 PM
"Counting" on it!!! "I Want to Believe"!!! :). I can see glimpses, it's coming!!!
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freeneasy
Member
‎01-24-2015 04:51 PM

Yep one day at a time believe in yourself and keep them away from su cara!

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candylance
Member
‎01-24-2015 05:02 PM

I BELIEVE in myself even after all of my failures. I still have faith in myself. I got to 300 days one time, and just wasn't taking "QUITTING" serious enough. I'm close enough to death this time that I'm taking it WAY serious. Thank all of you for being here for me.

Candy         13     DOF

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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.