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Shall I start

It doesn't have to be hard. Sometimes we get an image about something before it as happened and that image is what we actually feel. Like a self fulfilling prophecy. We glad about quitting, It is a monkey off your back,. you no longer HAVE to smoke, you no longer HAVE to wait outside in the rain and cold to smoke, you no longer HAVE to miss the conversation of friends and family because you are elsewhere smoking. You no longer HAVE to panic when you are running low on cigarettes.

I always say "do not wait to feel different, you are different" What i mean by this is, The only thing that makes you a smoker is the fact you smoked, If you do not smoek another then you are not a smoker anymore. Most people quitting make the mistake of thinking they will wake up in one day and not think or want a cigarette, that waiting goes on becuase they have not accepted that they are not a smoker anymore. They are in effect smokers waiting to smoke. Today is the day you see the light, you see the future. If you don't then try this little exercise.

Go to near the end of your life, Imagine it is many years from now and you decided NOT to quit.
Instead you carried on smoking, trying one quit after another, Continuing to feel more effects of smoking and your vitality for life.

What were the consequences of that decision on your health ?

What were the consequences on your relationships ?

What were the consequences on your well being ?

How do you feel in your body ?

Now take a few moments and imagine yourself taking this opportunity and easily quitting and maintaining this quit.

How good does this feel ?

How much energy do you have ?

What are you able to do ?

Exactly what will it be like when you have lived smoked free for years and years ?

Now .......STOP
It is time to decide. If you want to hang on to your excuses and your cigarettes, you may as well give up now.
But if your ready , finally to get rid of those cigarettes, know that whatever you do from this moment onwards is entirely up to you.

Thanks
Ian

Hi Ian,
Yes the board is open but guess not to many people are checking in.
I just started coming here myself tho i have been on the other one for awhile.
I enjoyed your theory on not thinking of myself as a smoker.
i used to sing a little ditty to mself over and over when i had a craving. I'm a non smoker, i'm a non smoker.
I hardly think of a cigerette anymore but if i do it's usually when i'm out and i smell the smoke.
With a few slips amounting to about 3 months i would have had 5 yrs feb28th,but i have been entirely smokefree for 1 yr, 2 months.I had some slips but was determined i was not going to go back to smoking like i was before.
So i just kept quitting till i got this far and i did use weelbutrin for that year .I had used it before but i think i went off it to early.
GO FOR NOW.,
lili

Thanks for the post....I have not only made the decision to stop smoking but I started a meetup for folks to join. I want to help others to stop and decided to invite people to a group who knows what it is to go through this process. No matter what method they choose I hope to gather people who can share their experiences. I found that only people who smoke and chose to quit understand what you may be going through. Hopefully this will help someone and not just myself. If you are in the Detroit Metro area please visit my meetup @ Detroit Metro area Stop/Quit smoking. I am planning a meetup soon so RSVP for more information. It's an open invitation to anyone who stopped, are about to set a stop smoking quit date, or is looking for more information. Please join me and others, you don't have to go at this alone. People who don't smoke don't understand that you just can't walk away from this addiction at the drop of a hat. Be with people who understand. Thanks for starting discussion. Peace!!!