Reciprocity
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Trust me @shy, Discovering your normal, non-smoking self makes all the struggle to get there well worth while and once you're there, it lasts for life as opposed to the short period of experiencing quit symptoms.
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Chiming in as well @shy ... You have done well to quit booze & weed and now having a goal to be smoke free is also admirable. You've had much great advice here from others already and I concur that the first while quitting can be the most challenging but it does get better and better providing you stick with it. You mentioned you felt that the reason you cling to cigs may be because they were a part of you when you considered yourself to be normal? I understood what you're getting at with that statement and it's likely a valid point but think of it this way ... when you were very young you didn't smoke and THAT was normal. We all got into somking for various reasons growing up and quickly became hooked by the addiction. It's a terrible addiction that plays every mind trick in the book to keep us hooked. So understand that and be prepared to resist with all you have in you. once you break free from the addiction, you will then be back to how you should be. No longer controlled by this addiction. That Freedom is the greatest gift you can possibly give yourself (and your neice). Get rid of all your smoking material if you haven't already. You can smoke what you don't have. Then make that unwavering commitment to never take another puff! We call it N.O.P.E (Not One Puff Ever). We even have a daily NOPE pledge page on this board. Why not join in there. The purpose of that thread is to pledge that you will not smoke just for today. That's how you'll make it to freedom ... one day at a time
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Nope! Catching a wave in Tahiti-Iti, French Polynesia
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Nope! Blowhole along the coast of Tonga.
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Nope! Sunset- at the Pier; Port Dalhousie,Ontario
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Yes it was when Cbdave posted this if you live in Europe, Great Britian, the US or Canada. Cbdave lives in Australia so when he posts the daily pledge, it's usually a day in advance of where most of the rest of us live. Nope!Congrats on 4 months smoke free Lars! That's a big accomplishment. Drop by and let us know how things are going. We haven't seen you posting in awhile. Would love to hear about your struggles and your success to date
@Pilgrim, something that helped me maintain my strength of committment to quit was trying to identify and stay focused on the positives I started to notice after i quit. My mind was so busy focusing on all the negative quit symptoms I was experiencing in those early quit days and of course that came naturally so I had to purposely focus on the small positives I noticed. To me that was the reward being dangled in front of me that kept me going even though I wanted to just give up at times.
