Slip up
Well I slipped up today because I had a breakfast to go to and then visitors for lunch. I always find these sorts of things enjoyable but also stressful (ridiculous!) Tomorrow I have nothing happening so it's a much better day to quit. I am still confident!
Hi Jellycake,
After reading your postings from the past 5 or 6 months, it occurred to me that you would benefit considerably by reading "Easy way to stop smoking". You have the desire to quit smoking which is one of the first steps in quitting. Easy way teaches you that smoking really does nothing for you, it is all a mind game. It trains you to not WANT a cigarette. It details every possible reason you think you want to smoke and shows that it is simply an illusion that you want / need to fill that craving. Once you don't want to smoke, you do not crave a cigarette and without cravings, there really is nothing to quitting. I quit approximately 8 to 10 times throughout my 25 years of smoking and by far, Easy Way was the best tool I used. It really is like magic.
Hi Jellycake;
Have you heard of or read Alan Carr's "Easy way to stop smoking"? I highly recommend reading or listening to the audio version if you haven't already done so. It makes you challenge all the reasons you believe you want a cigarette. After understanding each and every possible reason you think you want a cigarette is a product of having been brainwashed you will no longer want and therefor no longer crave for a cigarette.
It may seem with all the methods of quoting smoking that reading a book would be the least effective, but for me, it was like magic. It took me 3 or 4 times reading it and really grasping what the Alan was saying. I used the willpower method of quitting cold turkey and made it through a year being kind of depressed and miserable and continueing to have cravings. I refer to the state I was in as being an "ex smoker". Someone who has quit smoking but still believes they are being deprived. Once you stop believing you are being deprived of something, you no longer crave.
Finally, the last time I read and really absorbed the concept of the book, it sank in and allowed me to no longer want or crave a cigarette. This is a key concept that makes the difference between a smoker, an ex smoker and a non smoker. Make yourself think like someone that has never smoked before, someone that hasn't been brainwashed by the nicodemon that cigarettes "make you relax", or "help you concentrate" .
Thanks for the support, guys! I quit successfully with Alan Carr's method years ago so if I slip up again after tomorrow I will revisit.