| Wednesday, June 25, 2008 |
| How to Quit Smoking and Never Start Again |
Back in the summer of 2000 I was laying in my bed one morning with a painful hangover from all the whiskey and red bull from the night before. The red bull had woken me up with a bang and was not allowing me to sleep off my hangover.
I had smoked a ton of cigarettes, maybe sixty or more and had dragged heavy on them as you do when you're drunk. I could feel their effect too. My chest felt tight and constricted and I could feel the phlegm ready to come up. I zombie walked to the bathroom and proceeded to cough up the vile phlegm that had become part of my morning ritual.
This was my turning point though. The pain of being like this at 27 years old, so unhealthy etc, created such a psychological pain inside me that I decided I had to quit. I simply did not want to be like this anymore. I wanted to be free. I think alcoholics call this rock bottom when referring to their habit. But I think it's necessary to break any habit. The pain of continuing has to be greater than the pain of stopping. We humans will do a lot to avoid pain so why not take advantage of this driving force within us?
So I urge you now to find what your pain is linked to smoking. It might vary from person to person. Is it health, money spent on fags, the thought of being impotent as a man or maybe the horrible lines on the face for you ladies? Really think about it. Picture, feel, and hear what it will be like in the future and how this will affect you. Is this the way you want to live?? Maybe you don't want your kids to grieve your passing too soon in life?
Next you can think about the advantages of giving up and there are many -they will motivate you too. Again go into the future and experience it, picture it, feel it and hear it. Find the advantages that relates to you.
I think pills, patches, hypnosis, EFT etc are all useful but I believe the dynamic described above will be the core thing that will keep get you off the fags and keep you off. |
| posted by Healthy Life @ 9:36 AM |
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