When I was a much younger man an older person once told me, "never run away from anything, always be running toward something." Of course at the tme, being in my prime and knowing all there was to know, I filed this away in the "wisdom from some old guy file". Well fact of the matter is that elderly gentleman could not have been more correct.
This little piece of advice is four square on the mark when considered in relation to the process of quitting smoking. We do tend to want to run and hide when the desire for a cigarette becomes unbearable. This is particularly true in the early stages of cessation. I feel very deeply for anyone going through the experience. But if we are to remain smoke-free we can not run away from the discomfort we feel by giving in to the desire and continuing the cycle of addiction. No, what we must get firmly in our minds is that we are never going to run away from the addictive predicament we have created for ourselfves. However, as the old man said we should run toward something.
We can run toward the day when smoking never comes to mind (I promise you that day does come). We can run toward the sense of power we feel in our very souls when we know we have finally put out the last cigarette. We can run toward the goal of saving huge amounts of money, that otherwise would have gone up in smoke. We can run toward the goal of finally cleansing our lungs of the tar and grime that years of habit have deposited. We can run toward the hope that we will be on the planet abit longer, perhaps to see our grandchildren come of age. We can run toward many things, but we can never run away from the knowledge that we are addicts. So pick your goal, pick the thing you wish to run toward and run baby, just run.
Bless all of you who are struggling tonight...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 394
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 11,820
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4,137.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 73 [B]Hrs:[/B] 13 [B]Mins:[/B] 5 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13
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Quit Meter
$70,518.00
Amount Saved
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Quit Meter
Days: 1544
Hours: 0
Minutes: 14
Seconds: 49
Life Gained
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6716
Smoke Free Days
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Quit Meter
201,480
Cigarettes Not Smoked
