Positive Attitude & the Quit

Did you ever think to yourself....."self, you can do this (quit smoking)--people are doing it every day,smoking cessation, people are quitting this insidious cigarette smoking...and so can you...yes I can, yes I can, yes I can....Only to think to yourself..."I am sick and tired of thinking I can, when all I wanna do is get my @ss outside and smoke a friggin' cigarette" and I am SICK of telling myself and everyone that "I am soooooooo so glad I am done smoking" and then going about your day not giving a RAT'S @SS that you smell good and look good and feel good...all you wanna do is get outside and smoke that friggin' cigarette...Yep...OH YAH...I have been there....and the only thing I can tell you that works is TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY IGNORE yourself for the time being--as in DO NOT GIVE YOURSELF THE TIME OF DAY when you are thinking those kind of thoughts and focus on something ANYTHING else (KNITTING IF NEED BE!!!*smile*)...and practicing NOT ONE PUFF...because during the quitting process and for quite some time after that--for the most part, folks are not in their right minds. When we smoked we sooooooooooo tied those cancerstyx into our lives--intertwining them into every physical and more devastating--EMOTIONAL aspects of our lives...TIME...TIME...TIME...IS OUR BEST FRIEND...NOT ONE PUFF AND time...I IMPLORE YOU to give yourselves TIME...(taking the quit-one day at a time)...that is why the importance of NOT ONE PUFF and coming here--NOT as an escape,quit smoking now, but to use up that time, to get encouragement and doing something positive and use your time and NOT SMOKE! Time will pass and it gets easier---THAT is the hope and the promise!!!! (and it is all true!). One day you will not even be bothered or think about smoking cigarettes as they will become something remote that you really cannot believe you did in the first place...KTQ...it and especially YOU are sooooooooo so worth it!..xoxoxooxkatiem6y 4m quit