How are you going to do it? ONE DAY AT A TIME. You're getting bogged down thinking about the future. All you need to focus on is today...right now...this five minutes.
"Quitting forever" is hard...impossible, really. That's why we don't do that here. All we do is give our word each day by Posting Roll that come Hell or high water, we will not put nicotine in our body today. We quit ONE DAY AT A TIME. And that is all there is to it.
Don't think about tomorrow, next week, next month, Christmas, etc. We'll deal with them when they get here. All we worry about what we can control...today. And anybody can go one day, right? You can too.
The decision to quit must be yours, and yours alone. Nobody can do this for you. It doesn't matter how much money you have or who you know. It doesn't matter who your married to. All that matters is YOU. YOU make the decision to quit. YOU take the first step. YOU post roll. And that is who we are going to support...YOU.
You can do this. Will it be easy? Shit no. But is it possible? Well, just click on the Quit Groups...not just your own quit group, but click around on a few other months and years. Then think...all of those names are someone who was right where you are right now. Now you tell me...is quitting possible? Hell yes it is...and the folks whose names you see there are the proof. We are living free ONE DAY AT A TIME. YOU CAN TOO!!!
It will suck at first. But embrace the suck. That is the feeling of healing. Nobody gets free for the asking. You have to earn your freedom. So take note of it...experience it. Turn the tables on nicotine. Quitting is a privilege reserved to those who have the guts to do it. I used to sit in my truck and yell, "I GET TO FEEL THIS SHITTY BECAUSE I CHOSE TO QUIT!" I chose to make myself laugh at the cravings...at the risk of looking like someone who needed to be institutionalized. I chose to see just how bad it would feel. And, after a long shitty time that wasn't as bad as I thought, I started to feel better...day by day.
Post roll and watch the support come rolling in. Read all you can. Spend time in the chat room. Read the Tom and Jenny Kern Story. Go for walks, exercise, candy, gum, mints...anything to get through a crave. READ...READ...READ. The folks here know how to quit. All we ask is that you decide to quit, post roll and ask for help. That's all...
