Have you ever embraced a crave?
Embracing Crave Episodes We are preprogrammed to either stand and fight or turn and run when faced with challenge. If you're a newbie then chances are there is another conditioned nicotine feeding cue...
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Amongst the most well written and powerful messagages on this board, this one is timeless in its ability to help not only the newbie get through the initial stages of freedom but also in its ability...
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Posting this in Janet's parade today reminded me how much I love this thread. It meant a lot to me early on in my quit, so I thought I'd kick it up for anyone who might need a little encouragement...
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There is a very special person waiting at the other end! Thank you. Em Three weeks, four days, 20 hours, 13 minutes and 38 seconds. 387 cigarettes not smoked, saving $82.18. Life saved: 1 day, 8...
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The end of John's original message above applies whether we are in the first week or our third year of this lifetime journey of recovery of the true you: Take pride in your healing. It can't hurt you,...
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Wow, that's powerful stuff! Thank you so much...I haven't ever even thought about it like that. Before, the crave meant more cigarettes, now it means strength. I look at it as a signal that I'm still...
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My favoite post. I used his tactic more then any in my fight for freedom. Sandy 1 Year, 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 5 hours and 56 minutes a.k.a. 479 days. Life is amazing now that there is not smoke...
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Why yes I have.....thank you for asking. The following passage helped me through the early stages of my quit..... Touch it, hug it, feel it, sense it! You won't make the anxiety one bit more intense...
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Congratulations, Gump, and thank you for always bumping this up, Sal. I'm Gold x3 plus and this is the only thread to which I still subscribe. It was a key to my successful quit, and to my life. I...
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This really hits home for me. Rather than mask it by eating, drinking or doing something to get my mind of it I actually have let it hit me full on! Feel it, acknowledge it, cry if I must. Experience...
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A crave will go away whether you feed it or not. Not is a good choice!
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If I had to choose just one post for every newbie to carry at all times, this would be it !!!!! If you haven't tried it, you should. It's so simple, it works, and it's a life saver.
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Thank you for this post, as a newbie I found this message so true and very inspiring. I am going to print this so I can read it often. I plan on embracing my craves, each and every one! Tracey - 8...
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After almost 7 yrs of being nicotine free last night for some reason I walked into a store and a guy was smoking. Usually the smell stinks and I can't stand it. But last night it smelt good! I...
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jackrabit50 wrote: After almost 7 yrs of being nicotine free last night for some reason I walked into a store and a guy was smoking. Usually the smell stinks and I can't stand it. But last night it...
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Its only been a week for me but I have to say that this has been the most effortless quit I've ever done. I'm absolutely certain that I will never smoke another cigarette and this is primarily...
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Excellent Dave! Nope, standing back and embracing are clearly two different things What you're doing is being smarter than your dependency is strong. Outstanding, literally! Although your limbic...
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The last paragraph of this Freedom Classic by John meant so much to me during early recovery. I hope it can do the same for others now learning to live free of dependency.Enjoy your recovery don't...
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Enjoy your recovery don't fear it. Embrace and welcome each and every crave episode, as the arrival of each signals another time, place, location, event or emotion that you are about to reclaim....
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amcanuck ( GOLD ) wrote: I decided a while ago that when I feel an urge to smoke ,I would give that my undivided attention. At first ,I would distract myself with other things.Now ,I face the thoughts...
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I have found this post very interesting. I think in my first few days I embraced the craves, but for some reason I have started running from them and fearing them. dont know why I have started...
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