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Junky thinking, make it stop., Quitnet Re-Post January 5, 2006

From jacquot on 1/5/2006 2:22:00 PM

Dear Tom Brady:

 

If I were there, I'd reach out and put my hand on your shoulder and say I was sorry you're experiencing junky thinking.

 

It can be frustrating, agonizing and discouraging.

 

But really, in the truest analysis: it's okay. In fact, it's natural and expected that your inner active addict is trying to reawaken active addiction. 

 

Perhaps the best news I have to offer is that the rationalizations, pleas, begging, etc.. of our inner active junkies can be, well, disregarded entirely as ravings of a mad man. You can think of it like a phone ringing: you don't have to answer it. And when you don't answer it, repeatedly, the damned phone stops ringing or rings far less.

 

Craves are not commands. They are not moral imperatives. You do not have to yield to them. You can simply let them be. That's right. Let them be. 

 

Most importantly, these early days of your quit are the hardest and do not in anyway represent what it feels like to be quit for any length of time. There are days of absolute peace out there with the word

 

"TOMBRADY" typed in all caps across the top of the day's agenda so that when you check it, it says Monday, TOMBRADY: peace. Tuesday, TOMBRADY: peace. You get the idea.

 

Wait it out.

 

It is SOOOO worth it.

-J (1281)    
 

[DenaliBlues]

"...these early days of your quit are the hardest and do not in anyway represent what it feels like to be quit for any length of time. There are days of absolute peace out there with [YOUR NAME] typed in all caps across the top of the day's agenda, so that when you check it, it says Monday, [YOUR NAME]: peace. Tuesday, [YOUR NAME]: peace. You get the idea. Wait it out. It is SOOOO worth it."

 

^^ yes yes yes yes THIS!