First obstacle we come across in this little quest of yours is the words we use. Same as we gain most information visually, we tend to think by speaking to ourselves. This makes it important what kind of language do we use.
I’m talking about “quitting smoking”. Quitting is not a positive term. Quitting entails loss of something.
What other options do we have? None really… Give up smoking? That one is even worse!
You are already looking at your pack of cigarettes and feeling sentimental though you are smoking.
Cigarette and you have been through good times and bad times. You smoked when you were stressed and you smoked when you celebrated. You smoked when you had an argument and you smoked after sex.
Cigarette was there for you and now you are going to quit, you are going to give up on it?
That’s not what friends do!
It is a bit silly but words we use have a very strong impact and this is why from this moment on I will speak only about what you gain.
My turning point came when I asked myself “Why should I smoke?”. I said to myself “I should quit” many times and I would ask myself “Why should I quit?” constantly. Changing the language had led to strong reasons why I should embrace cigarette free life and changed stance towards smoking completely.
This change in language was one of the if not the reason I was able to quit and I will talk about this a bit later.
Now let's explore health, financial and social reasons.