I quit five years ago!
NEVER thought I would quit smoking, let alone stay quit!
I will always be amazed that I accomplished such a task!
Hold onto those precious quits with everything you’ve got!
You won’t be sorry. Some days you will think that you can’t do this.
When you have a good day, store that in your brain. When a bad day
comes along and you want to smoke so flipping bad, go get that
good day memory.
Time is truly your ally in all this mess!
Time heals almost everything.
Give time, time.
You can do this!
It just so happens that this is the fight for your life – YOUR LIFE!!!
If it wasn't for
www.quitnet.com I know I would have never stayed quit!
Check it out.
I'll leave ya with this....
Nicotine is a powerful drug
From gummer on 5/11/2006 10:42:27 AM
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And it affects your BRAIN.
Let me say that again... it affects your BRAIN.
It affects how you feel... how you perceive things... how you THINK.
Nicotine affects the very organ you need to use in order TO QUIT.
That is why it can be so hard to quit.
Because nicotine causes you to perceive things inaccurately and therefore act irrationally.
It causes you to want to smoke against your better judgment.
It tries to circumvent your efforts not to smoke.
It causes you to find justifications to smoke and actually believe them.
BUT when you quit... as the need for nicotine diminishes, and releases your brain from its grip, you will start to perceive things differently... you will gain greater clarity about smoking... you will start to see it for what it really is... and understand what it is really doing... and how unnecessary it actually is to living comfortably and happily.
But in order to gain that clarity you have to NOT smoke even if your brain is telling you that is all you want. You may have to gnash your teeth a bit, you may have to blindly trust the advice of others who have quit. But you absolutely cannot smoke... not a puff.... because nicotine is a very powerful drug that affects your brain. The very same brain you need to quit!!!
AHA!
Holly ~
AKA: Hoddi