Re: This time: TEN days, zero tobacco
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 9:42 pm
hey manas, just seeing this thread for the first time. i smoked for 12 years before giving it up, so i understand the struggle!
best of luck to you!
best of luck to you!
A Buddhist discussion forum on the Dhamma of TheravÄda Buddhism
https://www.dhammawheel.com/
Thank youmakarasilapin wrote:hey manas, just seeing this thread for the first time. i smoked for 12 years before giving it up, so i understand the struggle!
best of luck to you!
Thank you.makarasilapin wrote:lol awesome. i love how you're doing this and that the forum is such a strong support. only 7 days to go!!
Thank you Chris.cooran wrote:Proud of you manas! keep at it!
with metta
Chris
There's always chocolate...manas wrote:I am understanding that long term, I have to find and engage in other, but healthy things that also bring a rush or sense of excitement... The difference is, this pleasure will lengthen my life, rather than shorten it!
Whew, I know this freshness and exhilarationmanas wrote:It's why I should escape out to the forested mountains more often, as I once did. This brings a pleasant feeling - of fresh, more highly oxygenated air - and a mild sense of exhilaration at times. The difference is, this pleasure will lengthen my life, rather than shorten it!
manas wrote:I thought, "this is harming you, and sometimes even causes headaches in the mornings, etc, yet you crave it?" It is messed up to crave that which harms you. So addiction is like getting yourself in to a hole, you decide one day that you want out, but it's not so easy. it takes time. You are not out as soon as you make that first sincere volition to quit.
Very simple and to the point. Very true. Very good. That's the way.manas wrote:Now is always going to be the easiest time to do it. Because every time we give in to an urge, we strengthen it. If we keep strengthening it over and over again, it will take even more energy to overcome, when we do finally decide to abandon it. So spare yourself the pain - quit now.
Sadhu!Dmytro wrote:It's awesome, Manas!
Perhaps a friendly tip will be of help - noticing the precise feeling of craving, with accompanying emotion, and encompassing it with equanimous loving-kindness, helped me to deal with old addiction.