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Share your quitting journey

our recent casino visitor confirmed the vicks works....

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎07-12-2014 03:14 PM

I avoided being around the smell of smoking for a long time after I quit. A few months or so into your quit or before, being around smokers is offensive and stale smokers stink.

the point of this story is...if you must be around smoking or smokers and you want a reminder you've quit, smear a little vicks under your nose. the smell, and that little burn are excellent in letting you know somethings different and often all it takes if you've willingly quit, is a gentle reminder.

spread the word, vicks is a physical distractions

SOME OTHER GOOD ONES ARE

Stuff your mouth with ice cubes

Stick your head in the freezer and breathe deeply

Bite into a lemon skin and all.

Pour a glass of water over your head

KEEP YOUR QUIT.

NO EXCUSES WITH TOOLS LIKE THIS!

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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.