Quitting Smoking…..Making The Decision To Be Free
It all started because I thought it looked cool. I was an athlete, in great shape, and didn't think anything could hurt me. I mean, other people may get hooked on these things, but not me, right? Then I woke up one day and realized that I'd been a smoker for 10 years! Then I tried to quit three or four times with little success and the next thing I knew I had been a smoker for 15 years. Then I finally made the decision to be free, and here's how I did it.
I started by remembering the person that I "used" to be. I was the guy who would never think about doing something as stupid and disgusting as smoking a cigarette. I remembered that person and knew he was inside of me somewhere. I simply had to bring him back, so to speak. I realized that no matter what I heard from the media or friends this smoking thing was mental and had just become "normal" to me. All I really had to do was just NOT smoke.
I started reprogramming myself. Saying things to myself such as: "Quitting these things isn't going to be that hard" and after smoking, I would smell my fingers and think "God that stinks!" which was the truth, it did stink! I did this reprogramming as I still smoked, knowing the entire time that the day was coming that I'd just walk away. This process went on for about six months.
Then the day came when it happened. I didn't want to be a smoker anymore. So I finished the couple of cigarettes that I had left and never bought any again. We're there times I felt like having a smoke? Sure, but I simply thought to myself, "You don't do that anymore". And low and behold, I don't smoke any longer. It got easier and easier by the day. So if people suggest that quitting is the hardest thing in the world to do, don't buy into the hype. On the scale of hardest things I've ever had to do, quitting smoking isn't in the top 10. Remember: It's all in your head.
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