March 31, 201511 yr When we quit....its easy to forget....for years.... Our bodies have been taking in 7000 chemicals....20,30,40 or more times every day.... We are going through some massive changes... Yes we want to quit.... But our bodies have to have time to catch up.... How we feel can change on a daily basis... Don't think ahead.....just think about today.... The days will go ...to weeks....to months..... I will not smoke today.....
March 31, 201511 yr Yikes I grossly underestimated the number of chemicals... SOOOOO pleased they're gone so it's worth the journey.
April 1, 201511 yr You know of course, I am a huge supporter of, "One Day at a Time". This thread had me thinking, (let's call it that okay) of a book I have of Viktor Frankl titled, "Man's Search for Meaning". One of the things he asserts in it is, that in reality there is only now. He goes on to show, that by changing what we are now, we effectively erase the past. Our lives become as if, we were never different before and that we are, what we imagine and work towards. I am not going to debate about how one can argue for or against his assertion. I do find his assertion having more and more truth in my life, as I am older, than the years ago, when I had to agree solely, because of spiritual beliefs alone. My chiropractor moved 350 miles away with my hard copy of it so, I stole a copy on line. :ph34r: I'll have to read it again, when I can concentrate well enough to enjoy it.
April 1, 201511 yr I remember from this book that Frankl saved his own life (while in the camps) by visualizing himself in the future, lecturing about his philosophy of hope, and how it made him a survivor. He also wrote that in the camps the way they knew someone had given up all hope is that the person would start chain smoking all their secretly saved cigarettes. Sad.
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