Stop Cigs Forever

Mental Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:18:00 +0000

Wow, such a circular chase smoking is! I am always amazed at the facts that are given to the public, on how much this one addiction costs our people and our country. It is a nasty health care obstacle, and can create a mountain of debt in terms of loss of quality lifestyle.

When I say this, I want you to start to open your mind to what smoking really is. It is not a habit, it is more of an addictive circle of chasing the initial nicotine hit you get early in the morning with your first cigarette. If you do not add to the nicotine that is stored in your body, you will be feeling some cravings and triggers to smoke more. But, once the nicotine is gone, after 14 days, you are no longer going to need it. True fact.

Many smokers are led to believe, and do believe, that the nicotine is the only thing that keeps them smoking. It is more than that. Your smoking beliefs, and constant busy thoughts to keep the nicotine in your body, creates a really addictive thought pattern, that is part of the addiction. Without your true belief of quitting, you are not going to make it. It is your key. If you decide that you need to quit, but you are still needing to stick with your beliefs of your smoking lifestyle, you will not remain a non-smoker.

You need to want to quit, that is true. It is true too, that you need to work on your thoughts as a smoker. What you believe is true, may not be the truth. Smoking may seem pleasurable to the smoking person. It in fact, does not bring pleasure in the long run, but only a brief and short up at the start of the day. During the first smoke, and the first puff. If you think about this, and analyze this one thought, you should start the change that you need to have occur.

Mentally, you need to analyze the excuses and reasons why you smoke. Do not let any one idea stop you. The review will be very powerful, and create your new life ahead.

Power of Suggestion

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:37:00 +0000

If you are a smoker, you are victim to the power of suggestion. Who would start smoking, without powerful cues from other people who sell cigarettes, and other smokers? It is a culture, that was started in the early 20th century, and was created by a mission to sell the cigarettes they created. In an attempt to glamorize the smoking culture, they employed the movie industry, and then television. The wide reach of the subliminal visual clues, of watching Bette Davis smoke, and all of the other great stars, were very powerful.

Even in an attempt to keep their hands free of the dirt of smoking, they would use smoking wands, and long slender pipes to smoke with the cigarette further from their bodies. And, as the marketing initiative grew, the very fact that there were new images and billboards, should have been easy to appreciate.

There are no good initial reasons why someone would inhale smoke into their lungs, as it is not a natural act. A new smoker coughs, and sputters, and often gets sick to their stomach. It does make you squint your eyes, and even smokers who have smoked for years, do the same thing. They are used to the pain of the smoke in their eyes, but for two reasons, the addiction drives them on.

The truth is, you need some pushing to become nicotine addicted, and even more pushing to make your brain create reasons to stay a smoker. Once these two items are merged, you are hooked. It is a powerful combination of propaganda, and initiative from some very powerful growers and manufacturers. Even people who had little reason to smoke, could be affected by the messages, the images, and the constant stream of "pleasure" that smoking provides.

Change Your Life with One Big Step

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:21:00 +0000

Quitting smoking is not going to end your happy days. At the beginning, there is much fear that you will be enabling a new step that will not succeed, and you are sure it will be a trial for you. It is not a process you want to begin, without full commitment and dedication. It is not a step you want to take until you are convinced it is better than smoking. Quitting before you are ready, and convinced it is the right thing to do, will be your best step to failure.

So, how do you know when you are ready? You already are looking for ways to find your quit, and want to make it happen. You do not want to continue your future life ahead, with a cigarette regret filled mind, and a constant control mindset from your smoking. You are really having some good motivation, but you doubt you can do it.

Any time there is doubt, you are going to let that doubt grow. And, it can become an excuse, a reason, and a bump back to smoking. You do not want to quit until you have removed all doubts, and you are so really sure you can make this happen.

Your quit does involve nicotine addiction removal and process, but also, direct concerns about your mindset. If you allow any glimmer of doubt to exist in your mind, you will find that crack of light could grow into a larger flood light of reasons to go back to a smoke. Until you are complete in your mindset change, have worked through the excuses and the reasons, have torn down all the propaganda from your smoking brain, do not quit smoking. Do, however, work on your quit. Find the time to really analyze, tear apart your reasons for smoking, and objectively process why your smoking is really not all that you thought it was.

Until you tear apart your smoking mindset, you need to continue to smoke, receive your nicotine, like you always have, and then one day, with constant attention to why it is really not providing you any value, you will be ready. You will know when the day comes. It will be then OK, to flip that cigarette into the can forever. Until then, smoke like a fiend, and let that nasty stuff be available to you as much as you want it. Do not hold back.

And, when you finally realize, on your own, that you are losing nothing, nothing by not smoking, you will be successful at your new life ahead.