Don"t waste money and time trying to quit smoking
We'd all prefer to have something given to us than having to work for it. That's human nature.
This is so true of us when we contemplate quitting smoking too. We'll usually try the 'easy way' first - hypnosis, nicotine patches, therapy, join a group, etc. Anything but bite the bullet and take responsibility for doing it ourselves.
I know. I was one of those dreamy time-wasters myself. For years I was going to quit when the “time was right”. But the time is never right when you're enjoying your next cigarette, is it?
Now don't get me wrong. Hypnosis. nicotine patches and gum, and any number of new-fangled techniques the quit-smoking industry promotes may help you in your quest to become smoke free. But they won't do the work for you. They're only aids - at best.
The biggest hurdle in quitting smoking is the belief that it's so hard to accomplish you might as well not try. Let's call it the fear of failure. If this is your block then you should know these two things:
First, the more times you try to quit... and fail, the more likely that you'll succeed the next time. Every attempt is a learning process. The more times we try, the stronger we get. The hold of tobacco on our lives weakens. (I speak from experience).
Second, quitting smoking is quite easy after you learn the ropes. Provided that you don't indulge in nicotine replacements, the physical addiction to nicotine only lasts as long as some traces of it remain in your blood supply – only a few days. After it's gone, so is the craving. Sure, you might still 'feel like a smoke'. But that's just sweet memories, not hungry lungs.
That's why quitting smoking has been compared to jumping over a large puddle. It's a three day jump of course. But after those three days of refraining from having even one puff it's done. You're free.
To sum up: there is one thing and one thing only that can 100% guarantee you'll become smoke-free. And it's not anything you can buy. It's you and your commitment to begin enjoying freedom from cigarettes.
Of course you can learn how to drastically improve your chances for success. Get your head around the psychology of smoking and how it draws you back. Get a good strategy and prepare for quit day with resolve.
But at the end of the day, it's you and your sheer determination that will break you free.
And you know what? After the smoke has cleared and your sailing smooth in fresh air day after day, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
Simon Foster
Enjoy your next cigarette.
It could be your last.
[http://www.onelastpuff.com]
This is so true of us when we contemplate quitting smoking too. We'll usually try the 'easy way' first - hypnosis, nicotine patches, therapy, join a group, etc. Anything but bite the bullet and take responsibility for doing it ourselves.
I know. I was one of those dreamy time-wasters myself. For years I was going to quit when the “time was right”. But the time is never right when you're enjoying your next cigarette, is it?
Now don't get me wrong. Hypnosis. nicotine patches and gum, and any number of new-fangled techniques the quit-smoking industry promotes may help you in your quest to become smoke free. But they won't do the work for you. They're only aids - at best.
The biggest hurdle in quitting smoking is the belief that it's so hard to accomplish you might as well not try. Let's call it the fear of failure. If this is your block then you should know these two things:
First, the more times you try to quit... and fail, the more likely that you'll succeed the next time. Every attempt is a learning process. The more times we try, the stronger we get. The hold of tobacco on our lives weakens. (I speak from experience).
Second, quitting smoking is quite easy after you learn the ropes. Provided that you don't indulge in nicotine replacements, the physical addiction to nicotine only lasts as long as some traces of it remain in your blood supply – only a few days. After it's gone, so is the craving. Sure, you might still 'feel like a smoke'. But that's just sweet memories, not hungry lungs.
That's why quitting smoking has been compared to jumping over a large puddle. It's a three day jump of course. But after those three days of refraining from having even one puff it's done. You're free.
To sum up: there is one thing and one thing only that can 100% guarantee you'll become smoke-free. And it's not anything you can buy. It's you and your commitment to begin enjoying freedom from cigarettes.
Of course you can learn how to drastically improve your chances for success. Get your head around the psychology of smoking and how it draws you back. Get a good strategy and prepare for quit day with resolve.
But at the end of the day, it's you and your sheer determination that will break you free.
And you know what? After the smoke has cleared and your sailing smooth in fresh air day after day, you'll wonder what all the fuss was about.
Simon Foster
Enjoy your next cigarette.
It could be your last.
[http://www.onelastpuff.com]
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