Breath-of-Power

NOPE!!!

Nope.

hi. grateful for this being alive in a timeline where this forum exists and I have found it!

Nope. Not today

Nope!

Than guys special thank you for the one member @DenaliBlueswho suggest I do chores and physical exercise. I am more anxious if I'm in a still position like watching TV. A little trouble with finding ease of breath when sitted. I'll check the links late on, now I got to move(???)

Pedro, you are doing this because you want to conquer something in your life: your dignity. Your health. Your mental abilities. You want to be a functionable and contributive member of society, you want a magic life, you want money (you do!), you want to believe. Create your own faith, if faith lacks! It's an act of courage to recover from this addiction. You will feel very much better mentally. You will not be bothered with trivial nuisances. Your mind will benefit - keen mind. Remember that breathing fosters remembering and that is something magic you want in your life. You want to do many things. And see the world for what it is. Smoking prevents that. I know you are sensible. Many people are. You want to develop warriors hope and warriorship. Please consider not smoking and taking life in. The way it, be it hell, continue. I know you try to focus on the positive side of not smoking. I know you try to convince yourself that you want this, which is hard because you don't believe in yourself. Be it so. Become a recovering person. Always recovering! Conquer your fears! This mind of yours fears not being fed, that is what it is, all there is to it is this! It is the monkey mind. It will be hard times, good times, recovering times. It's normal your quitting is a mess. But it is the way. Now go about your day, feeling. The coming and going of relaxation and anxiety. Come back here if you need. You will, because you like writing. Now to go to the job interview!

So cold turkey and day one without puffs. I am going Loco!! About to go to a job interview and going through a swirl of emotions, shaking a little bit, questioning hard myself! SOS it is! Really putting myself out there, I am. Questioning if I'm doing it right! Thinking I can't do it. Why oh why am I doing this?!

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Hello everyone. I'm quoting this because it seems wise words. Maybe it applies to me. I am about to join the quit train, and so.. These words by @Paul723 seem deep. Life will always be a challenge and as @johnny5 says it is not perfect as a non smoker. Not that I am one, or am I? I would say no since I just had a smoke. But I am wanting to commit to this community. I do think one thing that makes things worse, I notice.. : I am after a perfect life and somehow I reasoned that will be when I stop smoking. There! Right here is a mistaken thought, an error. That said, thanks for the space to post.

NOPE!

I'm reading this book by daisaku ikeda. halfway through it.

Interviews with the nagual - Armando Torres. I also recommend theun mares - return of the warriors.

the jibber jabber of the mind of an addict (me), I noticed it dramatically has command over one's self. not-smoking produces a very negative and anxious mindset in me, at least in the first four hours, I wont go in details but the mind, speaking about my case, really shakes it all psychologically and produces physical symptons. !! I have a tendency to panic over little things. not-smoking is one of them. I also cant get past the first 8 hours, waking hours without lightning one up. But on the bright side there is inside a joyfull side to the struggle, which, as they say on the internet, "....is real" {the struggle is real}. ...the struggle is indeed real and the mind is real and as a charles bukowski poem goes "....it cries, it demands, it wont say no". my weakness is not so much on fighting back the negative mindset, but when it gets good I have the weakness of wanting a reward...... because I know it will be a cigarette that will taste good.... dont know what else to say Pedro

Who knows how far this thread will go. I decided tomorrow I'll try a smoke free day. And I'll keep posting important info about it on this thread. This is my quittrain thread. Feel free to comment. tomorrow is first day of october. I can say for now that my mind is rebelling against the idea of not having cigarettes around (as I have none now with me). sSO this is something. a mind feeling the lack of the object.

You are lenient, I think that is the word. You are glad you have not smoked but at the same time you gladly will make your way to another smoke. Just remember that you will feel bad and also will smoke another one and then some more while awake. So why not try something different? Meaning not smoking. Consider this a different day. Go check out more videos. Go do the sutra lotus chant. You don't have to think too much, things fall in place when you don't smoke, you know that, that is the reason why you already did the not-smoking-for some hours before. Now you are confused because a friend just called and you get confused when you talk with other people. Well, you will mull it better now if you don't puff. See how long it takes

Pedro thinking of smoking when getting back home town, are we? You have not smoked for six hours, it's your first day, remember? Yes you had a little anxiety attack but you also know you felt relieved after it subsided, like an orgasm. One day at a time. You know you proved something to you when you get back to bed at night. One day different from the all others. Remember how positive this day was, your thoughts were more at peace and you felt protected, no one disturbed your peace like they do so usually bc of the bad vibes because of the bad vice. More energetic, talked to a friend for 22 minutes on cell phone. It's actually kind of fun to be struggling, to be fighting, to be learning (you know, those things...) But you ain't learning if you ain't winning so not a puff for the rest of the day.

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Thanks for the comments. I feel I should know more, much more about the withdrawal process. That is where the challenge is at. I'm becoming conscious that I have triggers and I'm guessing they are many. Got to figure out how this old mind of mine works. I'm pretty sure this forum has information concerning that. ... A day at a time...

Hello My name is Pedro. Smoker for 11 years, age 30 years old, completed this year I guess a part of me wants to stop smoking that is why I went came to the internet having had the idea that joining a forum might help The perspectives are good, having seen some of Joel's videos.... what more? I have many things I do, hobbies If you want to call it, but im not here 2 make publicity to my work, whatever it might be. I'm here to gather the necessary means to quit smoking. I'm thinking Joel's videos are enough, but you never know.... I'll be around.

Thanks for the videos. I am making a personal commitment to stop smoking. I like the information and how it is presented in the videos (the ones I saw)