Quitting is actually easy and painless once you build up your mind muscle and know how to do it correctly. This is what I will help you with. After more than a decade of smoking I was able to quit quickly, easily and most importantly - permanently.
I did it without any medication, hypnosis, magnets or nicotine replacement therapy. You don’t need to make changes to your daily life. It turns out that when you live without nicotine addiction controlling your life, life doesn’t change at all. The only change is that everything becomes easier because you feel better, you look better and you are in a better mood.
You have probably already tried quitting and you are familiar with experiencing frustration, cold sweats, inability to concentrate, aggressiveness, nausea, headache, drowsiness and anxiety, that follow quitting process. I will show you how you can reduce them to bare minimum.
The core of this program is 3 simple exercises. These exercises will change the way you feel about cigarette, smoking and most probably how you feel about yourself. These are powerful exercises and before you do them we will get you ready.
The change starts now and it will end with you not able to smoke. Next chapters will prepare your mind and put you in the right state to get the maximum effectiveness out of exercises.
You need to read this material very attentively and do exercises. This will effectively reprogram your mind and take it out of the state of addiction.
Let me start by introducing myself.
Hi, my name is Steven and I tried my first cigarette when I was fourteen years old. It was not love at the first sight. I started smoking regularly only at the age of sixteen and by eighteenth birthday I was smoking pack a day which eventually increased to two packs. The biggest problem I had with smoking was the smell but other than that smoking was my good companion.
I considered cigarettes as an inseparable part of me. They helped me when I was feeling down, they helped me to meet new people and they helped me to calm down. Mental addiction was actually stronger than physical. It was not only a habit but a ritual as well.
Some situations just begged for a cigarette because without it they didn’t feel right. Cigarette was a way for me to start and to end the day. You could say that it even increased my safety as on long drives I would stop regularly to have a smoke. I did smoke on the go but I preferred to stop whatever I was doing - it was like a small meditation session.
Half-heartedly I tried quitting a number of times, quite a few of these attempts were to show that I could “if I really wanted to” but usually that would end after a half of day with a cigarette in my mouth.
You invite colleague to come with you to have a smoke break, but he says “neah, I’m quitting” and with a feeling of betrayal you say “cool, good luck” but sooner than later you are standing together puffing away. He looks at you with a look of disgrace and defeat.
You probably also had this conversation multiple times. You both light up and you have that conversation:
- So, aren’t you quitting?
- Yeah, as you can see, it’s going great.
I smoked for more than fifteen years. It was the same as breathing, drinking and eating. At that point it was not quitting, it was more like betraying. Smoking was not just an activity but also a part of me.
People in my life were telling me to quit and I constantly heard the same reasons - save money and improve your health. Both sounded good but told myself that I felt fine and cigarette expenses weren’t that significant part of my income.
This is why you need to find what will motivate you and I will share logic behind my reason live smoke free with you in a bit. Some might even say that reason is more important than the method. As a famous saying goes:
“If your WHY is strong enough, you will figure out the HOW.”
That’s true but having three powerful exercises will help you achieve your goal of smoke free life easy and quickly.
Currently you can have nicotine patches, gum, spray, hypnosis records, “special” diets, tea, electronic cigarettes and etc. Lets try not to use any of them and for now continue smoking as you did before.
We will begin the process by building your motivation.