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Originally posted by iroc409
trying to make it stick this time. i think i'm trying to break too many old habits and make new ones, probably should go for one at a time. add that to the people politics i've been dealing with and a lot of work, and this could get pretty hairy.
wish me luck 
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Mistake #1: Making a big deal, or any deal, over your last cig.
For all the unsuccessful times I tried to quit, that 'last cig' was a big deal to me. Oooooooooh its my last cig, no more kissing death in the butt! Blah blah blah... never was my last cig.
When I was successful in quitting, my mentality was very different... I was totally comitted to quitting, in fact, I somewhat had a non-smokers disgust of cigarettes, and so when I quit, I didnt make any deal of it on the last cig. I didnt tell myself 'its my last cig', or what have you.
Anyway, point Im trying to make is - your mentality. Its really all in the head, which determines your success. You have to not only stop smoking, you have to program your brain to stop giving a shit about it. Thats why the first two weeks are the hardest because you are dealing with all the mental urges and trying to break out of the cycle.. You have to totally get cigs out of your mind.
GOOD LUCK