I just needed this reminder today, and from no better person than Gummer can this message get across. Here at the beginning of my quit, I have to take everything with a grain of salt and keep reminding myself that I am here because I smoked for 18 years, not because I quit smoking. As time goes by, things will level out, and we no longer will have the need to try and blame things on the fact we quit smoking...which is a lie in itself!
Adam
(RP)
Gummer
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It`s not forever
From gummer on 8/6/2008 2:45:44 PM
This quitting thing. Really, it`s not forever. At some point it will
become an event that you put behind you and wonder why you ever bothered
to smoke for so long. Well, the answer to that is clear: addiction,
plain and simple, that is the reason you smoked, and that is what you
are overcoming now.
Will you be an addict forever? I have no idea. The thought can paralyze
you when you first quit, that thought that you can never, ever smoke
again. And there is some truth about that... you can`t. But what you do
not see now is that after quitting (and I mean the whole process, not
just stopping smoking) you most likely will find you do not want to
smoke any more, so whether you can or can`t will not matter to you one
bit, it will be of no consequence. It`s like I can`t jump out of a
second floor window... do I really care? No. Well, it`s the same with
smoking, I`m not going to miss something I have no desire to do in the
first place.
So don`t let your current struggle and your fears about the future get
in the way of success. Just because things are hard now, it does not
mean they will be so in the future. You were born not smoking... you
poisoned yourself with nicotine and got hooked... and all you are doing
now is correcting that, returning to your natural state. It is a phase
with a beginning, a middle, and an end. The act of quitting is a
temporary event, an adjustment, and when you get through it you will get
back to normal. And don`t tell me you don`t know what normal is any
more -- you`ll now it well enough when you get there... when you no
longer think about smoking, or about quitting.
Gummer
This is an account of my journey, detailing the moments of a life free from nicotine and alcohol. I've found it helpful to document the ideas and events along the way to always remember where I came from and where I am heading. This will help me stay in the present moment and free from active addiction. I also hope that this blog can be used to inspire and benefit those who are also seeking refuge from their addictions.
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