- Do you want to quit, but you just don’t know where to start?
- This is easy: Start right here; it’s the only place you can start. Start by making a list of all the reasons you want to quit and all the reasons you still want to smoke, like I show you in this post.
Category Archives: How Do I Quit Smoking
The Most Important Attribute of Successful Quitters
What do you think the number one most important attribute needed to be a successful quitter is? Willpower? Motivation? Fear? Determination? Stubbornness?
Learn to Let Go
Not so long ago, gangrene was a fairly common condition in the western world. Gangrene, also known as necrosis, is the localized death of living tissue, usually caused by either serious injury, infection, or lack of oxygen to an area of the body for any number of reasons. Left untreated, gangrene will usually spread to surrounding tissue, and if left untreated long enough, it is often fatal.
Welcome Your Craves
When you get a crave, do you put a lot of energy into trying to get your mind off of it?
I think many (if not most) of the problems we have around craves are the result of trying to get our minds off of them. We put all this effort into pushing the craves away, when it actually takes far less effort — and would be better for our quit in the long run — to face the crave in the moment that it’s happening, accept it, go through it, and come out free on the other side.
Why is that?
You Are Not Your Addiction
If you’re having a challenge with those internal arguments that never seem to end or resolve (“have to quit smoking” / “scared to quit smoking”; “want to quit” / “don’t want to quit”; “ready to quit” / “not ready to quit”; etc…), it may help if you personify your addiction (I’ve always thought of it as my “inner junkie”); this way, you can put some distance between yourself and your addiction.
