Give your craving a name...

This is the post I read on the 30th May 2015.

Thanks to BigJon, someone who posted on this site, I "discovered" Margaret Thatcher. She was his craving's name and became mine. From that moment on I stopped smoking and am up to nearly 4 years smoke free. I know BigJon is also still smoke-free. It works. I am so glad and fortunate that I read his post on this site. That is the only bit of advice that ever worked. I am posting this because it seems people out there are still fighting their own cravings. Makes a difference when someone is actually TELLING YOU TO SMOKE. If someone else tells you to stop, you are probably more inclined to ignore the advice. If "someone" tells you to smoke you might actually say NO. Thanks to Big Jon's post that turned my thinking around. And that half a carton of Dunhill Blue is still sitting in the cupboard along with half a packet of duty free Davidoff which a friend used to present me with after any flight via some overseas airport. It is not a temptation any more. Nor an option. Hope this inspires someone else. If you google and do your research of facts and statistics you will discover that only about 4% succeed. How determined are you. I was once a hopeless case... I wonder what I might get for my cigarettes on eBay. Think the cost has gone up out 50% since I stopped...

Margaret Thatcher is still there trying to do some devious things like getting me to reward myself. No way. I won't listen to her any more. $32 000 saved from the ash tray is one huge motivation. Plus having more time to spend it is a bonus because i think I have reclaimed almost 8 months of life...