I can't believe it was so easy

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: UB Ed
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 03:50 PM

Bummer, smallpiper. I feel for you.

My attitude this time is that I have quit for "today" and will worry about tomorrow tomorrow. Quiting "forever" is too big a concept.

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: Mr Red
Date: 11 Aug 01 - 08:10 AM

Remember: it's not will power you need - it's wont power.
You are now it that very zone. By the sound of it you are gonna pass through without problems.
(:-!)

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: Dorrie
Date: 11 Aug 01 - 03:05 PM

WELL DONE love dorrie+the family

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: ddw
Date: 12 Aug 01 - 04:13 PM

Kendall,

It sounds like you've read the same book I have. Help me tell all those who are going through hell or plan to, IT AIN'T NECESSARY. You're being tricked by your addiction, by tobacco companies and by pharmacutical firms anxious to sell you their cures. They don't work! How did you deal with stress before you started smoking? The only stress a cigarette will relieve is the one caused by the urge to smoke. Despite what you believe, it's not that hard — no worse than feeling mildly hungry.

And the patches and gum can't work. This is not a habit you're breaking — it's a drug addiction. Substituting the FORM of the drug doesn't address the drug urge.

Sorry — I swore I wouldn't be one of THOSE quitters, but it really is wonderful to be smoke free.

cheers,

david

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: kendall
Date: 12 Aug 01 - 06:45 PM

How did I deal with stress before I started smoking? Excellent question. I withdrew from the source of the stress.

Subject: RE: I can't believe it was so easy
From: Gypsy
Date: 12 Aug 01 - 10:08 PM

'ats right. Tobacco companies are who program you to believe that it is difficult to quit, and wouldn't surprize me if they were the ones manufacturing the patch! Went from 2-3 packs a day, to zero, in one fell swoop. Not as hard as it sounds. And my mother, a smoker of 50+ years is a new 10 day nonsmoker. You aren't quitting anything...you are BECOMING a nonsmoker. sometimes semantics really help.