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Congratulations! You made it through hell week as Tim said. It is the toughest week so awesome work!
I think focusing on the present and taking it one day at a time is a great strategy! Good intuition!


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Hi James,
 Yahoo, you made it through hell week! Make sure you give yourself a present, or treat yourself to something nice you deserve it. I like the way you are staying focused too. Don't worry about the future, concentrate on the present that's what's important. Bad days are sure to happen, there's no way around it unless you hibernate, and that's no way to live. Stay focused and stay strong and no matter what happens, don't give in. A cigarette will NOT make things better...ever! 
 Sounds like you're doing great keep it up!
 
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I have 7 days smoke free now.  I find that keeping my focus on right now (or not thinking further ahead than how I will deal successfully with the next trigger / craving) makes me feel better than thinking about the long haul and how I will stay smoke free permanently.  Thinking about the long term is tricky for me because I had 1 year smoke free before, then had a REALLY bad day, decided to have just one cigarette and ended up smoking for two more years.  I don't know when the next really bad day will occur, and I can't sort through all the permutations of how I might react.  It's just not helpful to try to predict the future.  But I can handle thinking about 15 minutes from now and how I will respond when I face the next predictable trigger.  I'm confident of what I can do in the immediate future.  Once 7 days turns into a month, into a year, into two years, then maybe I will have more confidence to think about the long haul.
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