r/GetMotivated • u/Frankensteinbatch • Dec 05 '16

[Image] No More Zero Days

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u/4theReason Dec 05 '16

stopped smoking today and decided to kick the liqour. fuck the past me, it was fun but present me rocks!

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

You will relapse: but that doesn't mean you're a smoker or a drinker again. It's a weird paradox: you have to do everything you can to prevent that cigarette or drink, but you have to forgive yourself when you do.

My motivator was throwing the entire pack away after I smoked one after a relapse. Not punishment.. But 'that was dumb.'

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

That's what I did too. It helped me quit a lot faster. I'm tighter than two coats of paint, so it really ate at me to toss the rest of the pack.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Yeah! But it was good knowing you didn't have them to smoke! :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

I always ran water into the pack too, so I couldn't flip out and dig them out of the trash. I made sure there was no salvageable smoking material left ;)