April 7, 201511 yr ( thoughts from my journal) Sharing some of my early days with you all > >>> back in time : 3 years and 9 months ago …>>>>>> Back in time <<<<<<< Here we Go. Having to push the restart button over and over was so exhausting , so discouraging and so defeating . I felt hopeless that "I" may one day be quit. I learned that to keep a quit I had to make a firm committment to MYSELF that I could not continue to do what I had always done. Some craves can be really tough but everyone we get through has less power the next time. I remember how exhausting it was, battling craves and battling my mind, battling craves; battling my mind ; until one day miraculously I totally and completely understood that smoking was not an option anymore ; for ANY REASON ! That mean’t my cigs were NOT on the TABLE , NOT on the CHAIR , NOT ANYWHERE ! They were NOT on the counter , NOT at the store ! Letting go of the romance I was giving to cigarettes brought relief . Only then did I REST in PEACE knowing what my goal WAS and what MY job was : FOCUSING on the journey to SUCCEED . Why be our worst enemy ? Thats what I was : my own worst enemy ! Don’t look at success being distant and far away , look at success as being now : today. One crave beaten is success / one day beaten is success ; its One day at a time--- NO LIE ! Because we have been prey to addiction, it takes some hard work to retrain our thinking to physically and emotionally recover , but hard work does pay off , and we will never have to deal with Day 1 again . I learned after many months quit that what we feed ourselves determines EVERY DECISION we make ; and our decisions will determine the FINAL OUTCOME . We must not let anything --- how we feel---- our circumstances ------ or how hard it is, snatch our quit from under our nose. Be good to yourself — work through every day …there is a big payday coming . Every crave will pass ; this day will pass ; You are on your way >>>>>>to the future :) ~~~~~~~/////////~~~~~~~~~//////~~~~~~ The craves WILL stop
April 7, 201511 yr Brilliant post raya.... I have tried to quit countless of times.... I reolize now....each time I have had... one foot in ...and one foot out.... It wasn't till I met this fabulous quit family....I understood why.... I truly didnt truly understand the law of addiction....I didn,t have the knowledge or the tools.... Learning what keeps us addicted.,and why....and having the right support... This has what has made this quit for me ...different from all the rest...Xx
April 7, 201511 yr Yep! I knew the "teacher", was in you! Don't forget to have fun here, too. It makes "quitting fun", as you put it earlier, for we newbies to have people around doing the same. Under "Socializing". Thanks, for the post. m/
April 7, 201511 yr Author LOL WATCH ME MIKE LOL : when I figure out how to do all this stuff !! You are going to say man she needs to stick to being a teacher !!!! LOL o O !!!! how do I copy and paste from a site? Can I post directly or do I have to copy to my computer first? UG !!! How bout you just be the funny guy . The same ol fears as quitting smoking ..and the what if My computer explodes !!!!! Have a good day everyone ..
April 7, 201511 yr Depends what you want! 1) If you want to post a link to a web-site, this works: Copy (highlight and right-click and hit copy) the url, (that's the gobblygook stuff in the top of the page you want to link to), and post it into the body of the post you want. It sometimes helps to have 2 instances of your browser open (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc.), to work with both pages. One you want to copy from, and one you want to paste to. Like this. http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/20642#.VSQiBzeVvRY You may enjoy that thread, by the way. :) 2) For copying text: A. Copy (left click and highlight the text, and right click, (depends on what you are using, I use a mouse), hit copy, then go to the body of the post on the site you want to post it in, left click in it, then right click and hit paste. Now, if you are using a phone, tablet or a laptop, you will need to ask for directions, from the people that use the same kind of device as you. We all do it so, I'm sure someone will help you with the particular kind of device you use. *You may even want to elaborate your circumstances more, in another thread on the Main Board here, so people using similar devices, can help with the kind of device you have. B. You can copy the text in to a text editor, in your Operating System or from your files you have already, (like your journal above), then go to the site you want then, start a thread and post, and use the copy and paste method, from the text editor, or your file you have already.
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