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From: MSN NicknameJoeJFree-Gold-  in response to Message 1Sent: 12/28/2005 2:52 AM
You have received some very powerful and poignant support already.  I jsut would like to add my Congratulations to you for completing you First Month - what many of us who have made the same decision to live nicotine free often say is the most challenging bit of this recovery process.  You are well on your way to learning to love Your New Life ...
Just one more thing, your quit sure sounds real to me.  This is a good read to 'get your mind right' as they say.  Are you ready to take back your life?
Tearing Down the Wall is a goo learning article.
This subject Quitting With A Possitive Attitude is one of my favorites and i printed out this part and put it on our refrigerator so that I would see it and read it every morning.
 
If you are TRYING to quit smoking then you're still undecided.
Tell yourself quitting is HARD and unless you're lying it will be.
Believe your craves to be INTENSE and intense will be the ride.
Ponder excuses for a FIX and you’ll eventually get to use them.
If you think you might RELAPSE, then relapse you just might.
If you believe that you will FAIL, then chances are you will.
If you WANT to be a ex-smoker, your mind has yet to heal.
 
When you’re READY for your freedom, freedom you shall find.
View this challenge as WONDERFUL and fulfillment will arrive.
See the GLORY of today, then glory it will be!
Praise the HEALING of your body and set your spirit free.
Inhale the JOYS of today, feel the spender of the journey.
Yet be TRUTHFUL of the past, to protect the here and now.
BELIEVE yourself an ex-smoker, an ex-smoker you shall see.
NEVER take another puff and freedom it will be.

Breathe deep, hug hard, live long     John

Quitting With A Positive Attitude Is Definitely A Plus,  Not A Requirement. 

 
Anyone can quit as long as they have the desire to.  A good positive attitude won't stop the physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms that take place during our temporary period of adjustment we call quitting.  A good positive attitude will help a person deal with their symptoms and treat them in a  more emotionally managable manner.  I believe a positive attitude will help you find the comfort you desire sooner rather than later.  Reality also says no matter how your attitude is, the comfort will find you sooner or later as long as you never take another puff. It just depends on how long you want to fight with it. 
 
Believe you can quit for just 5 minutes at a time.   Believe in that one time concept.   Then each time you make it 5 minutes and beyond your attitude and confidence will build until you believe as I do. 
 
 
 
You Can If You Think You Can,  5 Minutes At A Time
 
Roger