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Your story sounds like mine except--"quitting for me wasnot a workable option. I finally quit after 50+years, by meditating and going through a long process and finding out WHY I started smoking. Have been smoke free for four years. Wasn't hard to when I figured out why. Maybe this will help soneone else.
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I have been ABSOLUTELY smoke free for 4 months on 23rd of Sept.. I wanted to thank you for your share particularly on how many things you went through to help you. I went through many years of separating myself from them too rearranging my smoking places, routines. A few examples would be: Sometimes I would smoke while feeding animals other days I would not too driving my car, sometimes I would go 1/2 hour w/o nico. sometimes 3/4 of hour too some days I would smoke in house some I would not.
Congratulations! Your approach of breaking up your routine is key to becoming a successful nonsmoker.
The act of smoking becomes deeply entrenched in our daily routines and when we first quit smoking it can be very difficult to get through our day without the habitual smoke breaks. But you can do it if you are imaginative and keep at it.
I hope you can maintain your success, but remember: if you do relapse, just look upon your recent success as a great experience, then get right back on that horse and quit again!
best,
anne
Thank you so much, Anne, for your validation & support. Sorry for lenght of time in responding to your response BUT i do not have internet meaning acess is far & in between. I now have 7 1/2 months which I look at as one day, it helps me keep away from them cigarettes. I remind myself how powerless I am & how coniving cig. are. One of few things I've found to help me. I know the THOUGHT of a cigarrette will continue to disipate, which is approx. one time every 3-4 days now, not for seeing it leave my life so I acknowledge it, talk to IT for a few minutes until it leaves why because "What I Resist Will Persist" something to think about. journeyfawn