Thursday, March 21, 2013

How to Quit Smoking Simply and Effectively Today!

Quit Smoking Simply and Effectively
Quit Smoking Today
Smoking is a psychological issue wherein the mind commands the physical state to crave nicotine, the addictive content of cigarettes. In order to break the habit, it is necessary that you deal with the problem as a psychological issue. Since the smoking problem begins in the mind, it follows that the solution is also in the mind. You can learn how to stop smoking in a simple and effective way right there in the privacy of your home computer, laptop, iPad, or smart phone.

You must want to stop smoking. No amount of effort will succeed if you don’t really want to break the habit of smoking.

Be assured, it is a habit. The habit of smoking can be broken while at the same time you are creating a habit of not smoking.

It will be helpful for you to visualize both habits. Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper. On the left, list the negative aspects of smoking. Be sure to include the health issues, the cost, the social issues and anything else you perceive as a negative.

On the right, list all the benefits of not smoking. Be generous to yourself. You’re painting a word picture of life vastly different than you've been experiencing. This list lets you visualize your goal of not smoking. This is your personal picture. Nobody can tell you what to put here.

Smoking is an emotional issue. We smoke to give ourselves rewards. We smoke to calm our nerves. We smoke to stay busy. We smoke to occupy our hands when we can’t think of anything to do. We smoke to punish ourselves. We smoke because it gains us some attention. We smoke because our society may consider it “cool” in some cases.

Smoking is triggered by thoughts that are always harmful to you. If we give in to the thoughts, they will harm us. We need calming; we need to be rewarded; we need to do something. Before smoking becomes debilitating we need to do something about it. There is a direct link between smoking and diabetes, smoking and heart attacks, smoking and strokes – and any of those can kill you.

So agree with me that smoking is triggered by thoughts. Check it out for yourself. What is the first thing you do before reaching for a cigarette? You THINK, “That looks good;” or “I need that.” You do this time and again every day and it’s even worse at night!

So, when thoughts are harmful to us, the answer is simple: DON’T think those thoughts!

The next time any thought regarding smoking pops into your mind, I want you to immediately say to yourself, out loud, “I’m not going to think about that.” If it recurs, say it again.

Your mind will insist on a smoke – craving. Your response is “I’m not going to think about that.”

You may find yourself in situations where others are smoking. Your response is “I’m not going to think about that.”

You’ll discover that the negative thoughts will go away. It will go away every time you demand that it go away by saying, “I’m not going to think about that.”

This solution is so simple that many people have trouble accepting it. The most effective way to control harmful thinking is to say to yourself out loud, "I will not think about that." Do it as often as necessary and do it out loud.

Someone said, “That’s easier said than done.”

Not really. You have the built-in authority to decide what you want to think about. If a thought is harmful to you, don’t think that thought. It’s your choice. As you make that choice again and again, your subconscious remembers how you like to respond and will start to make your response automatically. It’s amazing how quickly this can happen.

The withdrawal symptoms will last typically from 3 to 5 days and probably will be less serious than a bad cold or the flu. The symptoms won’t be an issue unless you allow yourself to dwell on them. When you begin to think “Woe is me,” simply say to yourself, out loud, “I choose not to think about that.”

When you have the urge to smoke, sip a bottle of water or a cup of tea to give yourself something to do. Don’t eat to keep your hands busy or you may be needing help with your weight. Stopping smoking does not make you gain weight; eating food to keep your hands busy or to mask the withdrawal symptoms WILL make you gain weight.

As a bonus, allow yourself to be a little proud of yourself every time take command of your harmful thinking. But don't beat up all your friends with your pride, okay?

Nothing could be more effective than having your subconscious mind control your desire to smoke for you before you even think about it.

Resources you can use

For more comprehensive help in stopping smoking simply and effectively, take 3 minutes to learn more - http://findingpersonalpeace.com/r036

You can also use this information for just about any negative emotion or habit that bothers you.

I hope Finding Personal Peace helps you with your smoking as much as it helped me with my anger and weight problems.

Rod Peeks - Quit Smoking Simply and Effectively

www.findingpersonalpeace.com

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for sharing this, Rod. Aside from physically stopping smoking, you also have to be mentally prepared to overcome the cravings and mood swings that come with it. I never thought I would be able to do it, but I guess I found something else I love more than smoking and that is my kids. I wouldn't want them to lose me because of nicotine, so now I am clean for 1 year. And thanks to that, I am enjoying a nicotine-free life.

    Elene Meyers

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