How do we judge success here? Easy right, we stay quit. Zero Tolerance is the benchmark.
ItÂ’s a lofty goal, especially for the new quitter. Our nicotine lace minds can see ourselves quit for all of 1 day max and itÂ’s screaming for the next fix. ItÂ’s a physical and mental conditioning that we have allowed ourselves to fall into. How do we get out of said trap?
Do we subscribe to the hardcore boot camp reprogramming or is a laissez-faire mentality the way to go? Some of you already know me and my stance on the subject so for you new guys, itÂ’s not the latter. There is no negotiating with the nic bitch. Let me be perfectly clear here. It should be a black and white not grey area question to be answered.
Coach Steve has dubbed the phrase
QLF.
donÂ’t know what that means? Click on the linked QLF and read it QLF is an attitude. You do one thing over and over and it becomes second nature. When you take nicotine off the table every morning without argument and repeat to yourself, QLF, it also becomes a mantra.
Mantra, an expression or idea that is repeated, often without thinking about it and closely associated with something.- Yeah, just like my quit!
OopsÂ… I touched on a sore subject. Taking nicotine off the table every day but posting roll. Why is that concept so difficult to wrap our brains around? Is it because we donÂ’t want to burn our bridges? Yes, we kind of want to be around for our wives/families with jaw intact??? Really- I want to live life to the fullest and enjoy every day God gives me. Posting roll is our way of committing ourselves and telling our brothers/sisters that we will look each other in the eye and swear by all things holy that we will not use nicotine today. I guess if you donÂ’t have that same conviction, you shouldnÂ’t bother reading the rest of this post.
Still with me? Good! Good read
QLF again and come back. You energized? What is your quit meter measuring? Mushroom Cloud Laying MFer - Superfly TNT - IÂ’m the Guns of Navarone. You ain't got no problem, Jules. I'm on the mfer. Go back in there, chill them nxxxxxs out and wait for the Wolf who should be coming directly. (little Pulp Fiction)
So weÂ’ve agreed to:
Post roll daily
We fulfill our promise
We repeat
With nicotine off the table every morning, our brains can start to focus on other things that we may have neglected over the years. Guilty as charged. IÂ’ve tried to make a mental note of thinking through my entire response before letting my mouth get too far ahead of me. Secondly, I have set myself a 34 week training program to run a marathon. This might not be what you need or want to work on, but find something that will challenge you physically, mentally and spiritually.
WeÂ’ve got a lot of living left. Get to it
