Have you ever embraced a crave?

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (healing my life) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:09:00 GMT

Thank you for this post, as a newbie I found this message so true and very inspiring. I am going to print this so I can read it often. I plan on embracing my craves, each and every one!

Tracey - 8 days Free

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Marty Gold) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:21:00 GMT

If I had to choose just one post for every newbie to carry at all times, this would be it !!!!!

If you haven't tried it, you should. It's so simple, it works, and it's a life saver.

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:23:00 GMT

A crave will go away whether you feed it or not.

Not is a good choice!

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (swrld) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:58:00 GMT

This really hits home for me. Rather than mask it by eating, drinking or doing something to get my mind of it I actually have let it hit me full on! Feel it, acknowledge it, cry if I must. Experience the crave and it does move on and then you actually feel stronger. It's the whole " what doesn't kill you makes you stronger".....

As long as you never take another puff!!!

Kristi

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Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (divegal808) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:47:00 GMT

Congratulations, Gump, and thank you for always bumping this up, Sal. I'm Gold x3 plus and this is the only thread to which I still subscribe. It was a key to my successful quit, and to my life.

I learned within months of my quit that I had anxiety disorders and had been suppressing them (but not the problems they caused) for 30 years with nicotine. I also learned that there are healthy ways to actually treat anxiety, not simply suppress it like every cigarette (or gum or...

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Gump19690) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:22:00 GMT

Why yes I have.....thank you for asking.

The following passage helped me through the early stages of my quit.....

Touch it, hug it, feel it, sense it! You won't make the anxiety one bit more intense than it otherwise would have been. You're witnessing part of the most beautiful healing that...

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (SandraJ0 Gold1) — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:56:00 GMT

My favoite post. I used his tactic more then any in my fight for freedom.

Sandy 1 Year, 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 5 hours and 56 minutes a.k.a....

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (dandimae) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:07:00 GMT

Wow, that's powerful stuff! Thank you so much...I haven't ever even thought about it like that. Before, the crave meant more cigarettes, now it means strength. I look at it as a signal that I'm still alive, because I've decided to NTAP!
-dandi mae
1 week strong

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:07:00 GMT

The end of John's original message above applies whether we are in the first week or our third year of this lifetime journey of recovery of the true you:

Take pride in your healing. It can't hurt you, only you can do that! Enjoy your recovery don't fear it! Embrace your craves! Enjoy your journey home! There is a very special person waiting at the other end!

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Em B 12106) — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:20:00 GMT

There is a very special person waiting at the other end!

Thank you.

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (IrishLotus GOLD) — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:33:00 GMT

Posting this in Janet's parade today reminded me how much I love this thread. It meant a lot to me early on in my quit, so I thought I'd kick it up for anyone who might need a little encouragement today. Thanks John!

YQS~

Lotus

Free and healing for...

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (forza d animo) — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:06:00 GMT

Amongst the most well written and powerful messagages on this board, this one is timeless in its ability to help not only the newbie get through the initial stages of freedom but also in its ability to remind all of us that nicotine can do us no harm so long as we never take another puff.

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:36:00 GMT

See each crave episode as
the true healing it reflects

Encountering and working through cue triggered crave episodes should be a welcomed event as its the best proof possible that you're taking back your mind and life. There's no need to fear getting better. Anxieties can flow from subconscious expectations conditioning or simple conscious fixation. One we you get good...

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:09:00 GMT

Every symptom and crave episode is a sign of healing

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Treenie) — Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:41:00 GMT

John,

Boy did I need to read this...I read it twice so far and probably will again in the future. I will be 14 days nicotine free tomorrow and I had three really bad cravings today. How do I know it was 3? They knocked my socks off...the 1st one surprised me and it lasted pretty long, but I got through it. The second was about the same, but the 3rd one was the bad one. I was in a situation where having a cigarette was just so normal for me, that I started to pace...

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (johnny) — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:30:00 GMT

hello freedomites! this thread has really helped me the last couple days. just a day shy of being double green.i am so glad i happened upon it. johnny-59 days in 1 hour

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (RIPxLearux) — Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:24:00 GMT

I really like thsi one to one of the better ones!

Chris

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (divegal808) — Wed, 26 May 2004 00:39:00 GMT
of everything i've read here, this has turned out to be the most profound for me.

my craving looked like death but when i stopped running i realized it was really rebirth.

thank you, john!

amber -- Free and Healing for Seventeen Days, 14 Hours and 48 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 14 Hours, by avoiding the use of 176 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $48.48.

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (Roger (Gold)) — Mon, 24 May 2004 07:55:00 GMT

Don't just let them pass. They really are harmless once you understand. They are nothing but part of your healing process. Nothing More, Nothing Less. Reach out and capture one and see for yourself.

Re: Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (GrumpyOMrsS (Gold)) — Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:45:00 GMT

Keep on meeting, greeting and defeating those triggers and you will soon find that anything you could do as a smoker, you will do better and enjoy lots more as your quit matures and you become a comfortable ex smoker.

Linda

smoked 41 years, free for 51 months

Have you ever embraced a crave?

feeds@yuku.com (John (Gold)) — Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:26:00 GMT

Embracing Crave Episodes

All my life I was conditioned to either stand and fight or turn and run when faced with challenge. If you're a newbie then chances are there is another conditioned nicotine feeding cue waiting around the corner...