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Genecanuck posted a topic in Quit Smoking Discussions,
Many years ago, I started a journy to stop smoking and found a lot of wisdom and support at a site called Quitnet. I did have long stretches where I stopped smoking as a result of the awesome support and wisdom from this site. I did save a large library of quotes and information from this site that I like to go back to from time to time to help me keep my quit strong.
I will start to share some of the wisdom of this site in this thread in the hope that it will help others in their smoke free journey.,
Keep the Quit.
Gene
REPOST: 10 Steps to Starting Again From Pic on 12/22/1997 11:58:35 PM
10 Steps to Starting Again
1. "Try" to quit (try, as opposed to "do")
2. Idealize what life will be like without smoking
3. Associate your daily problems and disappointments with the fact that you’re not smoking.
4. Begin to buy into the idea that you’re more miserable now than before you quit
5. Start responding to your problems with, "If this keeps up, I’m going to smoke" then add "anyhow" then add "so why suffer anymore?"
(Alternate 3-5:
3. Associate your success with the idea that you’ve licked the nicotine habit.
4. Begin to buy into the idea that you could smoke without getting hooked again
5. Follow-up this idea with, "I haven’t smoked in ___ days/weeks/months/years" then add "I haven’t had any cravings" then add "I could have just one" )
6. Buy, borrow or steal a cigarette.
7. Find a quiet, secluded place where you can be alone with the substance to which you have attributed all power and promise for fulfillment of your needs.
8. Feel yourself calming down even before you light up, which is actually the beast ceasing to scratch at your insides as you prepared to feed the addiction.
9. Light-up and suck in all the poison you can get in that first drag, while beginning the battle against being disappointed in yourself, noticing that this fight is not half as ferocious as it was to get the nicotine.
10. Within a few hits, feel dizzy, cough a little, smell the stink, and realize you’re not going to stop smoking that cigarette, you’ll keep smoking despite the bad feelings, and wish you hadn’t given in.
I hope this scenario scares you as much as it scares me.
In writing it, I drew from my personal experience and noticed some things that might be helpful in the future:
A RELAPSE STARTS IN MY HEAD Steps 1-5 all have to do with how I think. IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FULLY RELAPSE without doing some or all of 1-5. A CIGARETTE IS NOT THE ANSWER AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE.
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Genecanuck,Stewbum's great adventure.
Stewbum posted an event in Quit Train™ Calendar,
Congrats on being one year smoke free!!
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NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever....
(replace Ever with Min,Hour, Day as required)
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Katgirl,2020 Quitters Name Poll - Vote Now
notsmokinjo posted a topic in Quit Smoking Discussions,
Now, if you wanna know what's winning you either have to wait till polls close OR cast your vote....help pick the winner...or even just read the comments....most of us will tell you what we pick and why.
So while voting is not compulsory and enforced with fines like it is in the great land down under...it is highly encouraged...cos it's fun.
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