Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (ThePanster) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:11:01 GMT

This kind of knowledge is saving my life. Thanks for bumping it.

Amanda

(currenlty w/o quit meter, but just hours from reaching 8 weeks)

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (FreedomNicotine) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:25:53 GMT

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (freedom20082) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:00 GMT

YES I HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE SIMPLE UNDERLYING MESSAGE..IT TAKE MIN 2-3 MIN OF ACTION TO GET STARTED SMOKING. SO, THOUGHT MAY OCCURE BUT IF YOU NEVER GO TO THE CIG STORE, OPEN YOUR MONEY-BAG, BUYS CIG AND SEARCH FOR LIGHTER AND LIGHTS IT...CONTROL YOURSELF BEFORE YOU LIGHT UP. THATS ALL NEVER DO SUCH ACTIONS AGAIN. STAY SMOKE-FREE.

UJJWAL SAHA

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:29:00 GMT

Never take another puff

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:58:00 GMT

Thoughts or dreams will not cause you to relapse, Only ACTION - ingesting nicotine by some method - will cause relapse and forfieture of your control of your addiction dependency & hard-won freedom.

Relapse doesn't 'just happen'. It is ALWAYS a conscious decision to administer nicotine by any of the many creative and convenient methods readily available...

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:53:00 GMT

Words to listen to instead of relapse words: Never take another puff.

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:41:00 GMT

Stronger or Smarter?

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (whosthisitsmesilly) — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:47:00 GMT

NTAP

I have been quit for 1 Month, 6 Days, 12 hours, 48 minutes and 3 seconds (37 days). I have saved £155.76 by not smoking 750 cigarettes. I have saved 2 Days, 14 hours and 30 minutes of my life. My Quit...

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:38:00 GMT

Only the action of putting nicotine into your body is going to cause you to relapse.

A smoking dream has no power unless you turn it into reality.

Never take another puff, dip, chew, or any form of nicotine in your waking life and your healing will continue.

...

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Crystal View1) — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:00:00 GMT

Actions speak louder than words - or thought - "A thought for a cigarette will never cause a person to go back to smoking-only an action can do that. The action is a puff on a cigarette or any administration of nicotine from any source for that matter."

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (LeoEx Smoker) — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 18:25:00 GMT

Someone on this site said somewhere (can't remember who or where, I still got that foggy head sometimes) that:

There is no Try

There is Do, and Not Do

...

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (BillW Gold) — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:21:00 GMT

For TrulyFreeMe.... No Shame! You Won!

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (coryw42) — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:13:00 GMT

Joel,

I really like this one, very powerful.

Cory

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Ann) — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:16:00 GMT

I really liked reading this; thanks for bringing it up. A few days ago I was having a really rough time but kept reading and reminding myself there is no reason/excuse for relapse. The rough stage passed--despite some remaining triggers I am glad to be free and on the path of healing. I'm very grateful for the simplicity of the NTAP message. Clear, concise, and to the point--and very, very true. On to green tomorrow.

Ann

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:53:00 GMT

It is a normal part of recovery to eventually find yourself sorting through and reflecting upon years of smoking related thoughts and to notice lit cigarettes and smokers around you. We all went through it. With each passing day you move closer to new expectations. There's only one rule to keeping your freedom and healing alive - no nicotine today, Never Take Another Puff! John

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (DlunyGOLD) — Fri, 02 Jan 2004 21:55:00 GMT

Thanks Joel for bringing this thread up to the top. I really needed to hear this! I have had some "smoking thoughts" for the last 24 -36 hours myself. I have no intention of going back to the nasty things but at the same time I have had some very strong thoughts and triggers. I am recognizing them as what they are (nostalgia for a different time in my life when I had fewer responsibilities and was much younger) and not so much a desire to actually smoke.
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Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Hillbilly(Gold)) — Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:41:00 GMT

The really difficult part of quitting is figuring out how simple it really is. Just don't put one in your mouth. The rest of it is just hunkering down and getting thru it.

Dave

PS--Yeah, I'm cruising at 16 months, but it's still the truth.

PSS--I didn't say easy, I said simple.

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:29:00 GMT

If you averaged 8 puffs per cigarette, 15 cigarettes per day, and 20 years of smoking nicotine, you created 876,000 tiny memories of having handled a cigarette, 876,000 memories of having put it to your lips, 876,000 tiny memories of sucking 4,000+ chemicals into your mouth, 876,000 memories of having smelled and tasted their arrival, 876,000 memories of the smoke's destructive cargo filling your lungs, 876,000 small memories of sensing nicotine arrive...

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Joanne Gold) — Sun, 15 Dec 2002 12:14:00 GMT

"......it does not matter if you never think of a puff again or if you think of it daily. You will never relapse as long as you never take another puff!"

Re: Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 16:55:00 GMT

For Melissa:

Today still your actions are speaking louder than your words or your thoughts. The action is you didn't take a puff yesterday and I strongly suspect if you are here reading now you are not planning on taking one puff today either. As long as you continue this practice, it does not matter if you never think of a puff again or...

Actions speak louder than words—or thought.

feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Sat, 21 Jul 2001 19:24:00 GMT

A thought for a cigarette will never cause a person to go back to smoking-only an action can do that. The action is a puff on a cigarette or any administration of nicotine from any source for that matter.

Thoughts or words are not decisive factors of anything. Lets say you never quit smoking, and are eventually diagnosed with emphysema, and then knowing that every puff you took was destroying more and more lung tissue, basically crippling you a little bit more every...