Posted by crushedout on May 31, 2004, at 17:38:23
In reply to Re: Tomorrow I'll be six months clean » crushedout, posted by partlycloudy on May 31, 2004, at 17:19:51
Thanks, partlycloudy. Gosh, I was afraid someone would ask me how I did it, because I'm not really sure. For years, my therapist was trying to get me to see the benefit of quitting, and honestly, I knew it was something I should do, but I could not for the life of me motivate myself to do it. I'm not sure what made me finally make the decision, but when I did, I planned it about three weeks in advance and told her I had decided to do it and when. She was thrilled and supportive but understandably skeptical that I would actually do it (she tried not to show it).She loaned me a book that I thought was really helpful for thinking about addictions and quitting stuff. It's called "Changing for Good." Even though I'm not usually a fan of self-help books, I strongly recommend this for anyone trying to make a major change in their life (from quitting smoking to starting to exercise). It helps you understand, in a very practical way, the stages of addictions and getting over them, if that makes sense.
Since I quit, it's been shockingly easy not to want it. I just found myself so much happier in every way that I never really could understand anymore why I used. It feels so amazingly good to be clean, even when I don't feel amazingly good, if you know what I mean. I don't think that experience is common so for that, I am very lucky.
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