Revealing The Most Important Steps To Stop Smoking
If you convince yourself that it will be difficult to quit smoking, then you will probably be right.
Why do most people believe that quitting is one of the most difficult things to do?
I’ll tell you, It’s the FEAR of quitting.
FEAR that meal time will be hell without a cigarette.
FEAR that you won’t be able to manage a cup of coffee without your little friend.
FEAR of being a complete and utter misery if you are without your little friend for more than a few hours.
FEAR that those stressful situations are going to become worse if you don’t have your nicotine quota.
Taking the above into account, it’s amazing that people even attempt to quit, never mind actually succeed! But succeed they do. One by one, minute by minute. The list just keeps on growing.
Consider this statement. The biggest hurdle you need to jump, in order to quit smoking, is the fear of quitting smoking. Get it into your mind that there is nothing, i mean absolutely nothing to be scared of. You need to flip that emotion and actually embrace quitting, look forward to the day you become a non-smoker, rejoice in the fact. It’s something to be proud of! Once you’ve conditioned yourself to fear nothing then you are a non-smoker as soon as you distinguish that final cigarette.
“Yeah right…What about the withdrawal symptoms?”
“How can it be easy when I’m an addict?”
“How do you expect me to quit for a lifetime, when I struggle without a cigarette after a few hours?”
That’s the fear i’m talking about, which is in fact created by smoking. That’s right, you are under a spell, you have been conned i’m afraid. Smoking doesn’t make a meal taste any better. Smoking doesn’t relieve stress – it causes stress! It’s like wearing a bracelet that is too small and digs into your wrist so that you can feel the relief when you take it off!
And look, nicotine is an addictive drug. I can’t deny that. But what are the withdrawal symptoms?
Stomach pains? NO!
Hot and cold sweats? I THINK NOT!
Fever? NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!
The good news is that the physical withdrawal symptoms for nicotine are something similar to hunger and being a little bit restless and insecure. And guess what? The longest that these insignificant symptoms will last is about 3 weeks.
So, acknowledge, understand and remove the fear, so that you can enjoy the process of quitting. Do this and you will have taken the biggest of the steps to stop smoking.
Cliff Truss is an ex-smoker from London. He believes passionately in these words and you can find out more about the steps to stop smoking if you visit his popular Squidoo lens. The author has kindly granted his permission for you to re-produce this article. All that he asks is that it is re-produced in it’s entirety.
