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Share your quitting journey

You must allow it to happen. It takes time to disconnect.

JonesCarpeDiem
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We were all born with nicotinic receptors but those who never used nicotine might never even know it.  Those who have not used it for awhile do just fine.

So, why do we make quitting so damn hard?

You don't have to want to quit but every smoker has some reason for quitting or they wouldn't be  here quitting.

Personally, I would rather choose to quit than have a dr tell me I'm done. It gives me a chance to contemplate and work through the feelings that arise before quitting and make my own plan.

For some, who don't get to choose, it may take a dr. telling them to stop smoking or forego the healthcare procedure they are in need of.

Perhaps that "do or die" option keeps them focused.

If you are saying you are quitting you must put that decision over emotions and circumstances for a time. You must look beyond every turn in the road  and keep your end goal in mind.

Time is the healer. 

Allowing the time to disconnect

is the only way to be free.

 

"It is what it is"

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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.