Do You Enjoy Smoking?
If you're like most smokers then you enjoy at least a few of your cigarettes. Whether it's the one you have when you wake up, finish your meal, your first cigarette on your lunch break or the one you have after sex!
Most smokers, even the ones that want to stop smoking, enjoy at least a few of their cigarettes. And when you stop smoking, the cigarettes that you enjoy are the ones that are going to cause you the most trouble. Why?
Well there are two main reasons. Firstly, you will probably end up concentrating on these few cigarettes and you'll long for them, you'll wish you could have them again and you will reminisce about how much you enjoyed them.
This kind of thinking will lead you to believe that you are punishing yourself by not smoking, because you are preventing yourself from enjoying the things that you love and enjoy.
The problem with this situation is not only that you are telling yourself that you are depriving yourself of pleasure, but you are also forgetting why you are stopping smoking. When you focus on the few cigarettes you enjoyed each day, you completely lose focus of the other twenty or so cigarettes each day that you hate or can't stand!
So you end up forgetting about the cigarettes you hate, the bad chemicals and toxins in them, the bad breath they bring, your smelly clothes, your yellow teeth or nails and you also forget your reasons for stopping smoking!
This is a very important aspect of stopping smoking that most people and even the so called 'experts' don't ever consider.
You focus so much on how you enjoyed a certain cigarette that you forget why you're stopping smoking! This point cannot be emphasised enough! Don't lose track of your reasons for stopping smoking!
There is a further problem when we talk about how much you enjoy cigarettes - this part of your smoking lifestyle has nothing whatsoever to do with addiction! Do you smoke after sex because you're addicted or because you enjoy it? Do you smoke after a meal because you're addicted or because you enjoy ending a meal with a cigarette?
The cigarettes you enjoy (the ones mentioned above and any others) have nothing to do with addiction. And this leads me to the second reason why the cigarettes you enjoy are the ones that will cause you the most problems when you stop smoking.
Did you notice that the cigarettes I mentioned in the first paragraph are down to a routine, situation, event or habit?
These cigarettes come at certain times of the day. Following, during or after certain events, emotions, feelings ect..
When you stop smoking, these situations will happen again - every day! So it will be difficult for you to forget about them when you are being constantly reminded about how much you enjoyed that cigarette at the end of your meal, with your cup of coffee or tea and when you first wake up.
When you are reminded of how much you enjoyed a certain cigarette you are going to end up longing for it, if you adop the wrong approach that is.
The solution to this problem is twofold. Firstly you should, from the very beginning, tell yourself, accept, strongly believe and want to stop smoking, for yourself while looking forward to a life free from the control of cigarettes.
Your mindset should be:
'I'm stopping smoking, because I want to. I'm looking forward to all the good things that I will get, from more money, improved health, fresher breath and better smelling clothes to lower blood pressure and cleaner lungs. I accept that cigarettes were once a part of me, but that was in the past. Now I'm enjoying a smoke free and healthier life'
This mindset will ensure you focus on the good things you are getting when you stop smoking.
Then you should plan on how you are going to enjoy your life when you are free from the control cigarettes had over you. This means, you accept that you will change from enjoying cigarettes to enjoying other things, and this is a key part of stopping smoking.
You absolutely must continue to enjoy your life when you stop smoking! There's no point in stopping if you are going to be a misery guts!
Even if you only enjoy the odd cigarette, yuo really need to find a way to make your smoke free life heappier than your life with cigarettes. This will help you believe that you are making a positive move by stopping smoking!
It's critical! Seriously, enjoy your smoke free life more than your life with cigarettes in it and you will find it easier to stop smoking. And it's going to be a lot easier to stop smoking - especially now that you have more money!
Most smokers, even the ones that want to stop smoking, enjoy at least a few of their cigarettes. And when you stop smoking, the cigarettes that you enjoy are the ones that are going to cause you the most trouble. Why?
Well there are two main reasons. Firstly, you will probably end up concentrating on these few cigarettes and you'll long for them, you'll wish you could have them again and you will reminisce about how much you enjoyed them.
This kind of thinking will lead you to believe that you are punishing yourself by not smoking, because you are preventing yourself from enjoying the things that you love and enjoy.
The problem with this situation is not only that you are telling yourself that you are depriving yourself of pleasure, but you are also forgetting why you are stopping smoking. When you focus on the few cigarettes you enjoyed each day, you completely lose focus of the other twenty or so cigarettes each day that you hate or can't stand!
So you end up forgetting about the cigarettes you hate, the bad chemicals and toxins in them, the bad breath they bring, your smelly clothes, your yellow teeth or nails and you also forget your reasons for stopping smoking!
This is a very important aspect of stopping smoking that most people and even the so called 'experts' don't ever consider.
You focus so much on how you enjoyed a certain cigarette that you forget why you're stopping smoking! This point cannot be emphasised enough! Don't lose track of your reasons for stopping smoking!
There is a further problem when we talk about how much you enjoy cigarettes - this part of your smoking lifestyle has nothing whatsoever to do with addiction! Do you smoke after sex because you're addicted or because you enjoy it? Do you smoke after a meal because you're addicted or because you enjoy ending a meal with a cigarette?
The cigarettes you enjoy (the ones mentioned above and any others) have nothing to do with addiction. And this leads me to the second reason why the cigarettes you enjoy are the ones that will cause you the most problems when you stop smoking.
Did you notice that the cigarettes I mentioned in the first paragraph are down to a routine, situation, event or habit?
These cigarettes come at certain times of the day. Following, during or after certain events, emotions, feelings ect..
When you stop smoking, these situations will happen again - every day! So it will be difficult for you to forget about them when you are being constantly reminded about how much you enjoyed that cigarette at the end of your meal, with your cup of coffee or tea and when you first wake up.
When you are reminded of how much you enjoyed a certain cigarette you are going to end up longing for it, if you adop the wrong approach that is.
The solution to this problem is twofold. Firstly you should, from the very beginning, tell yourself, accept, strongly believe and want to stop smoking, for yourself while looking forward to a life free from the control of cigarettes.
Your mindset should be:
'I'm stopping smoking, because I want to. I'm looking forward to all the good things that I will get, from more money, improved health, fresher breath and better smelling clothes to lower blood pressure and cleaner lungs. I accept that cigarettes were once a part of me, but that was in the past. Now I'm enjoying a smoke free and healthier life'
This mindset will ensure you focus on the good things you are getting when you stop smoking.
Then you should plan on how you are going to enjoy your life when you are free from the control cigarettes had over you. This means, you accept that you will change from enjoying cigarettes to enjoying other things, and this is a key part of stopping smoking.
You absolutely must continue to enjoy your life when you stop smoking! There's no point in stopping if you are going to be a misery guts!
Even if you only enjoy the odd cigarette, yuo really need to find a way to make your smoke free life heappier than your life with cigarettes. This will help you believe that you are making a positive move by stopping smoking!
It's critical! Seriously, enjoy your smoke free life more than your life with cigarettes in it and you will find it easier to stop smoking. And it's going to be a lot easier to stop smoking - especially now that you have more money!
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