HOW TO STOP SMOKING AND REMAIN SMOKE FREE
I see people from all different walks of life who are hooked on smoking when they really do not need to be.
Most smokers know how disgusting their habit is but just cant kick the habit.....oh and I wonder why?... Could it be that todays tobacco contains nearly 5,000 chemicals, lab tested to keep you hooked and buying more and more.
Stay around for a few minutes with me here and I will explain how I got off that dreaded slow boat to nowhere.
OK lets start at the beginning, why on earth do we decide to let our bodies ingest an array of disgusting, repulsive chemicals? because lets face it...even long term smokers know how disgusting their habit is.
#1-Its not you is it.....you took that first drag because someone else was watching...or you felt like it made you look cool etc. Dont feel dumb....weve all been through it.....looking cool or thinking that you look cool is a major part of our younger lives.
Personally I actually didnt start to smoke on a daily basis until I was 20 years old. I worked in bars and would have one every now and then until it finally grabbed me.
When the national "No Smoking" day (in England) came around I thought "no problem, I will give it up today", well I was working the afternoon shift and I could not get past 5.00pm.
I was so ashamed of myself.....I could not go an evening without a smoke!!!! what the heck has happened here? I was in total control of my life.......wasnt I?
Looking back, the best thing was that I became angry........I could literally see the tobacco companies top executives sunbathing on their luxury yachts, laying there because I am paying for it!!! making the occassional call to the laboratory to push the scientists to find more and more chemicals to keep the cashflow coming in so there would be fuel for the private jet, the limo, the boats etc.
The other major thing was that I did not realise how much those chemicals actually "run" your entire life.
Every change of mood I had, whether positive or negative, would result in me lighting up a cigarette. The mind-numbing thing here is that I thought it was always me making that decision....then I sadly realised that my entire emotional stability was being governed by drugs......by other people thousands of miles away inventing some of the smartest ways imaginable to keep me enslaved for their own lifestyle.
I consider myself very fortunate that my local pub landlord was an ex-smoker, he had quit 11 years earlier and told me that he still looked in the mirror daily and actually patted himself on the back every day.
This is so true....quitting smoking is huge!!! you should pat yourself on the back 3 times a day, celebrate every smoke free year like a birthday...thats how big it is.
As cigarettes control your brain, the only true way to counteract them is to OUTSMART them, you basically have to find any way possible to trick the effects of the onslaught of drugs that chain you down with addiction.
Refuse to look at a ciggy as a friend and helper, realise its just a way of keeping a few people living the lives of luxury at your expense !!
The day I could not stop smoking was a tuesday, I then decided that I would try and stop at the most difficult time possible. For me that was friday night at the pub, everyone would be "flashing the ash" and I could go through 2 packs easily. I was so determined that I could make it (I had convinced my brain) that the most unbelievable thing happened. I didnt even want a smoke for the rest of the week, didnt want one, didnt need one. This proved to me that it really is mind over matter.
Anyway friday came around, I walked to the pub, stopped at a store and filled my pockets with gum, peanuts etc. I cant explain how difficult it was to drink without a smoke, to have everyone around me puffing away and offering me smokes. Agony is the only way to describe that experience and of course after a couple of drinks your guard weakens.
I could only get through by "tricking" my brain. When I was just about to break down I closed my eyes and inhaled through my nose and imagined that I had just inhaled 20 cigarettes. Then I slowly exhaled and (this is so important) I told myself that if I wanted a smoke in 10 minutes then I would have one.
This bought me time because I would get distracted, play darts, pool etc. Then the urge would happen again. Basically when I told myself that I could smoke in 10 minutes if I wanted to then I was "tricking" my brain or rather I was "OUTSMARTING" the chemical control of my brain.
By hook and crook I mentally stumbled through that night and I HAD DONE IT!!! I woke the next morning and didnt have that tight feeling in my chest......FANTASTIC.
That was 22 years ago and I still pat myself on the back. I would always try to use positive thoughts when the urge came, instead of trying to block the urge to smoke I would mask the thoughts with positive thoughts such as how great I know my body feels, how clear my lungs are, how I dont stink of nicotine, how fresh my clothes smell, how I am not polluting innocent people with second hand smoke.
There are so many positive things to use to overpower the cravings and as I said earlier, the chemicals are in your brain, so you have to use your own brain to outsmart them.
Good luck and be a winner in the brain game.
Smoke free and proud of it, Johnny Reid
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Johnny Reid is an internet marketer digging up treasures to share with the internet community. If my advice on how to stop smoking helps you to quit, please let me know. Send me an email at retech@rogers.com Good luck. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Johnny_Reid |
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