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Silencing the inner voice


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Great way to look at it...thanks for this!
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Any respectable addict would like everything three days ago if not sooner. That's why I use a chainsaw.  Excellent for you JMK. breather
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It only jabbers when it knows you are listening. If you don't fight it and go about your business, it quiets down. 
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GREAT POST JMK..Very inspiring indeed. It is a perfect analogy..Thanks for sharing it..
 
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Nice Find, JMK!!!
 
        You could also think of it as cutting the dependency on nicotine one stroke (or day, or crave) at a time!  That's exactly how you are doing it and it's working for you!  Keep on sawing!!!  
 
               Jim 
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  Thanks for sharing JMK! Vincenza, Health Educator
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Silencing the inner voice

as to silencing the inner voice: the secret is repeated conscious choice:

every morning you get up and consciously choose not to smoke today, you're drawing the saw across the log. keep doing that, and you'll reach the other side.

if you draw a saw across a log one time, you may make a scratch in the bark.

if you draw it across the log a few more times you may scratch the surface of the wood.

if you keep drawing the saw across the same place on the log, the scratch will get deeper, until it becomes a cut, then a groove...

if you keep on drawing the saw across the log, beyond counting the number of times, eventually you'll draw it clear through to the other side.

every morning you get up and consciously choose not to smoke today, you're drawing the saw across the log. keep doing that, and you'll reach the other side.

keep sawing. I did not come up with this! CHEERS JMK



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