Easy Way to Stop Smoking

Why is it difficult to stop?

All smokers intuitively feel that something evil has taken possession of them.

Every day I increasingly starve every muscle and organ of oxygen, so that I become more lethargic. I had sentenced myself to a lifetime of bad breath, stained teeth, filthy ashtrays, vile-smelling hair, clothes and furniture and standing alone outside. It was a lifetime of slavery.

What sort of hobby or pastime or pleasure or habit is it that when you are doing it you wish you weren't, and that only seems desirable when you are not going it? And worst of all, living with a profound sense of self-disgust.

I smoked despite the smell and taste of cigarettes, not because of it.

It is difficult because OF NICOTINE ADDICTION and BRAINWASHING.

Nicotine - Little Monster

Just one drag of cigarette is enough for the former smoker to get hooked again.

As soon as I have smoked a cigarette, nicotine slowly starts to leave the body and this is the reason I light up another cigarette.

There is no physical pain in withdrawal. It is merely a slight empty, restless feeling, the feeling that something isn't quite right or that something is missing.

The only enjoyment I got from smoking is the temporary relief from the discomfort created by the previous one.

The need to smoke a cigarette was planted in the previous cigarette. Smoking is not a habit, it's a drug addiction.

Smoking doesn't relieve bordom and doesn't help in concentration. Smoking doesn't solve the stress problem and doesn't help in relaxation.

Brain Washing - Big Monster

A lot of my behaviour and attitudes are determined by our surroundings, upbringing and forces of which are largely unaware.

A lot of old war movies had a scene of giving a dying solder a cigarette to ease him peacefully and nobly to his heroic death. The impact of this does not register on our conscious minds, but the sleeping partner has time to absorb it.

I had to get into the habit of smoking to service my nicotine addiction.

Cigarettes do not fill a void, they CREATE A VOID.

Cigarettes systematically attack your nervous system, robbing me of my confidence.

Self-imposed slavery

I am lucky to be born free.

I hate being dominated and controlled in this way. I am in control of every area of my life except for smoking. The cigarette was deciding where I could go, what I could do, when I could do it and with whom.

I am using my money to ruin my phyiscal health, destroying my courage and confidence, and suffering a lifetime of slavery, bad breath and stained teeth. These are all priceless and irreplaceable. It's like paying an assassin to kill me.

Health

My nana died of cancer when he never smoked a single cigarette in his life. If I keep smoking, there is a high chance I will die of cancer too.

Smoking progressively clogs up my arteries and veins and does a gradual deterioration of every muscle and organ by depriving them of oxygen and other nutrients.

I have at times faced chest and shoulder pains which were caused because of smoking. Smoking thickens the consistency of my blood and that brownish colour was due to the lack of oxygen.

Smoking causes varicose veins.

Energy

Instead of waking up feeling fully rested and full of energy, I feel miserable and lethargic.

Shortly after putting out my final cigarette, the congestion that I had felt in my lungs for years disappeared along with my smoker's cough.

Non - Smokers

Stronger
Relaxed
Handle stress better
Have more fun
Energetic

Only indecision and mopping about stopping smoking makes it difficult to quit. Never doubt or question your decision to smoke. There is nothing to give up only gains to be made. There is no such thing as one cigarette, it's a drug addiction and chain reaction. The first cigarette I ever smoked is responsible for every one I have ever smoked. Smoking is a DISEASE. Separate the disease from the frame of mind of being a smoker or a non-smoker. All smokers if given the opportunity to go back to the time before they became hooked, would jump at that opportunity and choose a non-smoking life. I have that opporunity now. Time to embrace it.

Stopping to smoke is like killing an enemy. After 3 days, one is 100% nicotine free. But it can take upto three weeks to your mind and body to be fully accustomed to the absense of nicotine. Smoking thoughts in the withdrawal period come from two separate factors:

Physical withdrawal pangs of nicotine
Psychological trigger of certain events

For willpower quitters, the physical component of "pang" disappears, but the psychological triggers cause the difficulty. The smoker has grown accustomed to relieving his need to smoke at certain times of the day and when doing certain things. Over time, these associations become quite strong.

Many events at at times trigger the thought "I want a cigarette" becomes a conditioned reflex.

I don't need to smoke and I don't need to torture myself with cigarettes. They don't make meals or social occasions; they ruin them. Smoking is not pleasurable.

Philip Morris tried to remove nictoine from smoking and the product flopped because it dawned on smokers that there is no point in smoking apart from to get the nictoine.

Stopping to smoke is the death of an enemy not a friend. That enemy enslaved me for years and stole my health, wealth money, self-respect, confidence and courage, all the time trying to kill me.

I now have the winning hand I am going to win this battle of slavery. Every day I don't smoke, the enemy gets weaker and I have won.

Savor each thought and each moment. Remind yourself how wonderful it is to be free once again and celebrate the pure joy of no longer being a prisoner, a slave and an addict.

If someone offers a cigarette, proudly say "No, thanks". It will hurt him to think that one more smoker has broken out of prison, but at the same time, it will give him hope that maybe he too can get free.

Just one drag

Many will go through three or four days smoke-free and then have the odd couple of drags. This has a devastating effect on their frame of mind. I had starved that little nicotine monster and was almost dead, but then I threw him a lifeline. That drag was very precious to the little devil.

It keeps the "little monster" alive in my body, craving nicotine
It keeps the "big monster" alive in my brain

If I just have one drag, I will be smoking for the rest of my life.

Main reasons for failure

Influence of other smokers; at a weak moment (usually with alcohol) if someone lights up. Remember that the smoker envies you, and feel sorry for him
Having a bad day
Not having a positive mental approach

Substitutes

Don't use any of them.

Smoking is a disease, no substitute disease required to quit
I don't need nicotine, it's poison
Cigarettes create the void, they don't fill it

Should I avoid temptation?

Every smoker fears that when they stop smoking they also have to stop living. Opposite is true. With the cigarette out of your life, one can really start living.

How can I survive without a cigarette? One of the sweetest thing about becoming a non-smoker is to be free from the constant, nagging fear.
Will life ever be the same without the cigarette? Life without cigarettes is dramatically better than life as a smoker

Some rules:

Never keep a cigarette nearby

The moment of revelation

This takes place about three weeks after a smoker stops. The last of the poison is swept away and the brainwashing disappears along with it. Instead of telling yourself you do not need to smoke, you suddenly realize that the last thread is broken and you can enjoy the rest of your life. The process of withdrawal is enjoyable right from the beginning. Three to four weeks is usually around the time when people feel that they have really broken free.

The key to the problem is not to wait for the moment of revelation but to realize that you have total control over this process and that it is up to you to decide how you want this whole experience to play out.

The last cigarette

Make a solemn vow to yourself that when you extinguish that final cigarette, you will never smoke another.

Smoke the last cigarette consciously, inhale the filth deeply into my lungs and ask yourself where the pleasure is?

Put out the cigarette with the thought "I am free! I am no longer the slave of nicotine. I don't have to put these filthy things in my mouth again."

Beware that the next few days, the "little monster" will be inside of me looking to be fed. Only the brain craves nicotine, not the body.

I need to make the decision once and for all, and get 100% behind it. I only have two choices:

Go through life having to smoke all day, every day, never being able to stop, living a life based on fear, misery, disease, addiction and slavery
Break free, take control of your life back and build a future based on health, happiness and freedom from the slavery of smoking

I will remain a non-smoker provided:

I never doubt the decision
I am not depriving myself of anything by never smoking again
I don't wait to become a non-smoker, I have already won. I AM FREE!!!!
I don't try to not think about smoking. Whenever I do, I feel happy and celebrate that I am free of the slavery of nicotine.
I don't use substitutes
I don't envy others who smoke, they envy me
Irrespective of good or bad days, I don't change my life just because I have recovered from the disease called nicotine addiction

A final WARNING

It doesn't matter how long I have been a non-smoker or how confident I am that I could never get hooked, if I smoke even one single drag, I will instantly become re-addicted.

I have made a rule that I don't smoke tobacco. This is my life, not a game. There are some things I don't mess around with.

NEVER TELL ANYONE UNTIL AT LEAST 1 MONTHS of quitting

I feel telling others or thinking of telling others releases dopamine which is not earned until at least 2 months of quitting.

Other References:

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