I'm prone to making speeches. I'm trying not to now, and I am going to try to make this as brief as I can ..

 

You name it, I've made every mistake there is in quitting smoking.

 

I've also been around a while.

 

The *Single Biggest Thing* I have learned over the years on quitting is this.

 

EVERY TIME A THOUGHT OF HAVING A CIGARETTE COMES, I SCREAM *NO!* AT IT, AND REDIRECT MY MIND TO SOMETHING ELSE IN

 

THE PRESENT, UNTIL THE THOUGHT GOES AWAY!

 

At the beginning of a quit, I was doing it lots and sometimes MULTIPLE TIMES, before the thought left.

 

I have found this stops any *romancing/wishing* for one, in it's tracks.

 

Even at over a year of not smoking, I remember myself, by then instinctively doing it, when the *far and few* thoughts would come.

 

I don't give it a chance to enter my mind, I just *SCREAM* at it, until it is gone.

 

Try it. It works a treat!

 

Your doing *GREAT* by the way!

 

EDIT: The screaming is in my head, when I am around others ... lol

Source: Hey Michelle!