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celebrating small successes

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  1. emancipated
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    03 Oct 2019
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    i have been walking much lately. it helps some with the cravings and probably has kept me from gaining huge amounts of weight. on my walk tonight i encountered two small breakthrough moments. i passed by two people smoking, and while i can't say that it smelled bad, it also did not smell all that good. small successes. this is a first since i crushed and buried my cigs in the late night hours of september 14th. i did have to pull out my winter jacket for this evenings walk, first time wearing that since april. did not anticipate finding ciggies in my jacket pocket. i did wrestle with that. told myself it must be god telling me it is ok to have just one. then i told myself it was not ok but i should hang onto them for emergencies. you know like a break glass in case of kind of a thing. weird how much our brains can bargain when faced with such temptation. finally talked myself into throwing out the ciggies in a garbage can at the mall. small successes. celebrating those tonight.
  2. justfortoday
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    04 Oct 2019 in reply to emancipated
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    Hi emancipated

    I must disagree with you ... to me this wasn't a small success, it was a huge success!

    You found cigarettes, and managed to shut down the chatter in your head and move forward on your journey. That takes courage and strength!

    Super proud of you!
  3. jeyan
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    04 Oct 2019 in reply to emancipated
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    nice!!
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