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This helped me early on in my quit. It is good to see you sharing the concept again. . Great stuff. Saved me. Made my quit a lot easier.
I learned how to urge surfing when I started smiling at the urge, and I started talking to it " Oh, here you are, my very proof I am not smoking anymore; if I were, I would have not recognized you" and I was smiling while deep breathing. After 3-4 breaths the urge was gone, and I kept doing whatever the urge wanted to interrupt. Great concept, mine seem a mix of urge surfing and happy quitting, whatever it was it helped me a lot in the early months of the recovery!
Thanks Thomas for the reminder!
Thanks Thomas, now I have a name for what I am doing with my urges!
It worked for me! Thanks, Thomas!
~Terrie~
That's great! I always wanted to learn to surf!
Good morning, Thomas. Where was I with the urge surfing? I suffered with every urge for a long time. Ancient history now. Thanks for my birthday wishes. You are in my prayers.
Thank you Thomas. I wasn't sure if was you or another Thomas that posted that so long ago. That was my ride for a long time man. A major reason for my success, that's a fact. You did that, thanks. Reading it again, it's just as amazing, I gotta go pass this on to a newbie, Be Well Thomas.
That is so funny that is my motto in life surf the wave, on my 50th birthday Doug Wylie and artist out of california made me a piece of pottery with waves going up, and Dolphins surfing the wave, look him up on google great artist.Helen.
URGE SURFING! I will certainly give this a try. The ocean has had a calming effect on me at times - this might just work. Thank you.