The minute you put out your last cigarette !!!!

[Doreensfree]

 

Your body is amazing..the healing starts right away..

[Boo]

Right out of the gate you begin reaping the rewards of quitting.  Most talk of quitting focuses on the brief and passing uncomfortable moments.  The focus should be on the permanent, life improving benefits of quitting.

 

Smoking sucks.  Quitting is awesome.

[georgen]

How do you get round your own thinking ? How do you get round the "I want to stop, just not yet " ?

[Reciprocity]

Georgen you just have to do it. Make the commitment in your mind and just do it!

 

In your mind, there is ALWAYS a better time to quit when you're still smoking and there are a thousand excuses not to quit but the truth is that the very best time to quit is right now! The sooner you start, the sooner you will get to enjoy your smoke free life. What a sense of pride you will have once you've beaten back this addiction. In your life's journal, this will have it's own page with a gold star on it :)

 

Whether you are experiencing stress, joy, sorrow or any host of emotional life situations, smoking will not help you with those things. Your life goes on as normal regardless if you smoke or not. Smoking just means you need to feed that addiction in addition to dealing with life. Jump on the train with us and enjoy the ride. We're all headed to freedom. The ride may be a little bumpy at times but the rewards outweigh the struggles by far.

[Doreensfree]

It's the junkie brain..trying to suck you in..you my friend are stronger than any crave...

Shout NOPE !!!..even if it's a million times a day...

We are nicotine addicts..you have to break the cycle...fight...

[Boo]

How do you get round your own thinking ? 

 

You don't get around it so much as you go right through it.  When you quit, you're going to want to smoke.  That's normal.  You resist the urge, stay true to your commitment and with time what feels like a forced effort becomes a natural response.  Repetition of NOPE is a vital part of the process.

 

As the process continues, eventually your thoughts will catch up with your actions.

[Reciprocity]

At first, in the early part of your quit, you find it hard to believe all these things the people who have quit before you keep telling you, You think; "oh, it must have been different for them" - "I have this stressful situation in my life that they don't have so it's different for me".  NO - it's that same for all of us. We all dealt with life while we struggled through the early part of our quits.It's the level of commitment you make that will be the difference. We each have to find our own way but listen to what the people who have gone before you say. They know. They've been through it. Their situations may have been different than yours but, they did have life situations that they too had to deal with while they were quitting.

 

The process of quitting progresses at a little different rate for all of us so it's not possible for anyone to tell you that; :Oh, on day 5 you will feel (insert feeling)". It just doesn't work that way but, the one guarantee all of us will give you is that if you commit to NOPE each and every day and continue that for a period of 1 year, you will be a confirmed quitter and most of that year will have been just maintaining a vigilant attitude toward not smoking.

 

Most of that first year you will just have fleeting thoughts about smoking but it will still be there lurking in the background waiting for you to have a weak moment. That's where the vigilance comes in. Just don't do anything stupid and you'll be fine. That's why the 1 year "Lido Deck Celebration" is such a big deal. It marks a huge milestone in your quit. It's like a quitter's convocation - here's your Quitters Degree. Now, go forth into the world and enjoy your permanent smoke free life!

 

So as you go through the early part of your quit, remember all these things. It's all true. Quitting and the early withdrawal period may not be pleasant but it won't kill you. Just commit to NOPE each and every day and you can achieve freedom from this deadly addiction too - YES YOU!!

[georgen]

I get it. Quiting must be absolute, regardless of what is happening in my life. Life goes on whether I smoke or not.

[Boo]

I get it. Quiting must be absolute, regardless of what is happening in my life. Life goes on whether I smoke or not.

 

Bingo!

 

You pretty much summed up the entire essence of the quit right there.  Best way to get it done is to do it.