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Congratulations Rob.

All I have to go on is my battle with cigarettes. Every time I tried to quite I said things to myself like, "how will I ever survive a long car trip without cigarettes" or "I will never be able to drink another cup of coffee."
Sure enough the feeling of panic made me smoke again.

I was finally successful at quiting when I replaced those negative thoughts with the positive things I would GAIN by quitting.

So that is the little piece of encouragement I can offer --- Keep your mind on what you will gain by quitting whatever it is that has a hold on you.

5 posted on 09/16/2007 5:38:00 AM PDT by elizabetty (The job of POTUS is not about ideology alone; it is about COMPETENCE to do the job WELL.)

So that is the little piece of encouragement I can offer --- Keep your mind on what you will gain by quitting whatever it is that has a hold on you. That is a great bit of advice. (And it works for more than just quitting, it also works for other goals in life.) Picture the outcome that you want as though you already had achieved it, and do this frequently.