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so it looks like can go about 4 days right now which is better than becoming obsessed and doing it non-stop. i made a chart and instead of marking the times when i do smoke like a journal, i am checking off each day i do not smoke. this has made a difference and is making a difference in how i see quitting. it's actually not quitting anything, it's starting to live. it's quitting giving up on life. it's just so hard not to give up sometimes.
hope you are well Deb - God blessView Thread

i think it is about being peaceful though too. i believe we can overcome with His power. and not in some mysterious mystical way, but in a real and practical one. it's different for everyone, but it sounds like you are struggling mightily. also sounds like you are starting to win. i am also having trouble with scatter brainedness.
i am cold turkey and i have all but overcome it. i think i battled it physically, psychologically and the last part is the emotional death of my old smoker self. it's tough because if i think about it and let myself feel it (which i do have to i believe since grief is an important process not to be skipped in life) i get mad at myself for wasting so much of life and being just generally insufficient. inadequacy is one of the biggest criminals of spiritual freedom there is.
i'm looking at the webpage now and keep up your work - it will be worth it. i am starting to see a freedom i can have inside myself, but i also need to share it with others. setting each other free and sharing in that freedom is what it's all about. don't beat yourself up too bad. take care of yourself. keep giving yourself grace - we all need it to survive.View Thread

this morning after smoking last night, i had trouble getting out of bed and even noticed i was angry and bitter and didn't want to fill the dog's water bowl. i feel like i am my own worst enemy and when i do things to harm myself, i get mad at myself and find it next to impossible almost to even live life.
a couple things about your post - not smoking doesn't kill you, smoking does & i believe you are a nice person even if you don't feel like it. we all have struggles. if we can share them, we can be encouraged.View Thread


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