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So.........You say you really want to quit smoking, eh?

JonesCarpeDiem
0 6 17

have you made yourself willing to quit?

willing to learn who you are and what's really going on when you aren't influenced by smoking?

Are you willing to not buy, bum or steal a cigarette?

Are you willing to not drink alcohol to where you succumb to smoking?

Are you willing to put your quit first and not risk it first?

If you are willing to do these things, put on your seat belt.

It takes about a month plus a hundred days to get to the first major plateau where you aren't thinking of smoking daily.

Do not dwell on the thought of smoking or you will talk yourself into it. Instead, when you get a craving say "I don't do that anymore" Say it out loud. This way, you are talking yourself out of smoking and not into smoking.

6 Comments
smorgy8513
Member

Dale, I'd just like to add......it is SOOOOOO worth it!!!!

Sharon 203 days of Freedom!

klv
Member

YES!

Willing to tackle the addiction with a can do attitude.

Willing to buckle in each day w/o putting one close to your face

Willing to not smoke today no matter what

Willing to start living the good life again.

Willing to become a better, stronger person.

Barbara145
Member

As always, thanks Dale for your wisdom.  I am on day 136 and everything you have said is true.  I have not missed a day coming here to this website.  Putting my quit first, I will come here everyday for at least one year.  At that time I will be a member of the 6% club, my next goal.  Have a great day.

helenb208
Member

Thanks Dale, I am 63 days quit, and I will never go back, I am on this site probably 6 times a day just reading posts, and educating myself , and this does work. Thanks for all the help, and the great posts. Helen. 

candylance
Member

I DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE!!

Candy       d167   (March 10th will be 6 months!! YAY!!)

mary242
Member

agree!!!

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.