Thanks, everyone. I spent my first 2 days reading countless posts on this site, especially all of the HoF speeches. I do find that I worked a little differently than most when I quit, and in my previous stops. I like to torture myself with my triggers to face them early and make sure I was ready to quit. I kept my can until day 5 and I would smell it, get pissed, and throw it multiple times a day. Now in the future if I ever have a can in my hand, I've been there before when my cravings were wayyyy worse. The only major triggers I didn't knock out in the first 4 days were drinking and a long road trip, power to you Pcalf. As for drinking, I would probably cave if I drank that soon into it, but I did go to the bar and hang out with a bunch of drunks who were smoking and the idiots kept offering me cigarettes. Still was easy to say no, cause I had my can and 1 smoke in my pocket already. If I didn't do that, it becomes that much more tempting to take one from someone. I do it cause in my first stop I flushed everything and broke my cigs. On day 3 without seeing my enemy, the hate got soft and I caved. I like to keep it fresh during hell week, cause I use and abuse that rage to quell cravings. But it has served its purpose now and the dip made a call to the great white telephone and my roommate stole my last cig last night while we were margarita drunk (no cave for me, nic bitch.) Anyways, I feel I'm mentally stronger in my quit now that I've been in position to cave and refused during the physical aspect of the quit. Just gotta affirm each and every new day that my habits are now nic free.
You're playing with fire. Stop messing around and just quit. Your previous "attempts" prove that you don't have the resolve to do it the way you've "tried" before.
Remove all temptations... your previous stops prove you are weak and can't resist.
Your triggers have also proved to be stronger than you in the past. Learn from that and, for now, avoid them.
You need to want this as much as the air you breathe. Anything less and she's got her claws in you... again.
hey Bink,
You're awesome. you've got this whooped totally forever even with everyone around you smoking up a storm.
You are mentally stronger against the habit of using nicotine now that you whooped it already with your different kind of beginning quit.
Afterall, you are very different than most people. You're a special butterfly, no doubt. Must be your super duper Bink Powers.
Your stoppages are totally celebratory because they lasted longer than anyone thought they would.
You're not an addict because nicotine is just another habit for you to affirm each day.
I'm kicking the habit today with you. See me jump and kick the habit. Whoo hoo.
In all seriousness,
You're going to cave and dip again if you don't get real with the nicotine addict staring back at you in the mirror.
We are all nicotine addicts, period
You can "be quit" ODAAT = One Day at a Time...but you gotta reeeeeaaaallllllyyyy want it one day at a time. Anything less will not suffice.
The tools are here and 40,000 other quitters who have drank the KTC Koolaid and remain quit today...ODAAT.
The cost of admission is "your word" every day your feet hit the floor. (Post Roll)
Keep your word all day...(your word is good, right?)
Wake and Repeat.
Is this something you can do?