How I got to..... where I AM

To the newbie or those sitting on the fence.Also for my friends suffering from battle fatigue.I hope you find something in these words that will help you pick up YOUR power and Move forward.I read a post that asked "How do you do it?"Which caused me to retrace my steps and remember. (easier done after reading my quit journal... some things are best forgotten...which is why I insisted on keeping a journal....so this time I could re-read the detox instead of re-live it AGAIN)I found that.....I had to DIG and DIG and DIG for my deep down and personal grit.Each of us is different.......but the beginning of the quit.....is painfully the same.For each crave we must CHOOSE...smoke or don't smoke.It is painfull for a bit.....but....I promise it is DOable ...IF you will grit it out!Once you get through the physical withdrawal which "peaks" in the first 3 days you will have successfully shed 90% of the toxins from your system. Read about it http://www.whyquit.comread, read, read educate yourself enough to do serious battle. You can not best an opponent with out knowing it.The next battle......This is where battle fatigue can come in and.... Most people fail to do the work here.So.... they continue to pine and moan about consistantly craving or missing the sickarette.They are using "will power" alone to quit. They have not yet changed how they view smoking.DIG and DIG and DIG for a new way of thinking. DIG for the Grit to find a way to "change your mind" about sickarettes.http://www.quitsmokingonline.comor read the book "the Easy way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carror make up a million of your own positive affirmations about NOT smoking and paste them all over your house, car and work area. And I DO mean a million if that is what it takes to get you to CHANGE YOUR THINKING!I speak from my own experience on that. After many failed attempts to quit...I found the missing key to my freedom.....I had to re-program my thinking habits. To anybody who really, truly wants this......DIG,stop smoking now, DIG,Herbal cigarettes, DIG! Do the work!This Board is awesome for support...you can rant and rave or simply help support another quit bud...whatever works for you....We are here for youBut ultimately the choice is yours to...Find a way to Change your mind and take back your LIFE!I Believe in the POWER of you...and.....I Know You are WORTH every ounce of that effort!My Success comes from how I answer to the crave...From now on "I Decide"#1- What will it do FOR me?#2 -What has it EVER done FOR me?NO -THING=NOPE ( Not One Puff EVER)