~~Life's challenges aren't supposed to paralyze you, they are supposed to help you discover who you are.~~ Bernice Johnson Reagon
You aren't 'a smoker', you know. That's something you do, not who you are. But the addiction that keeps you chained to nicotine grows bigger and bigger until smoking becomes vital. You need it to function through your day.
But it's not who you are. Who you are is hidden beneath layers of dirty, smelly smoke. Who you are is tucked away in some small corner of your world, buried by addiction.....because who you are would never allow yourself to continue to smoke.
The real you is strong. The real you is brave. The real you loves life. All those things that you truly are would walk away from smoking without a second thought. You know you are better than that. You know you deserve better than that. And you know you are worth more than that.
So addiction had to hide you. Addiction had to take over so that your ability to quit became less and less important. Addiction lied so often and so well that you never even noticed that the true you was disappearing.
It's time to accept life's challenge. Dig down deep and stay the course and allow yourself the freedom to emerge. The real you has been waiting for this moment and the moment has arrived. Let yourself come forth...finally. Let the real you out because the real you is ready to fight addiction. The real you will not allow yourself to fail. The real you will not be beaten back again by addiction because the real you wants to live this life you have.
So commit to your quit. And commitment means staying loyal to what you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you. The real you has spoken for the first time in years the minute it said, "It's time to quit". Stay loyal to that...stay loyal to you.
Please don't be paralyzed by the challenge of your quit. It's a good thing...it's a great thing!! Allow yourself to live it. Because when you fight your quit, you are only fighting yourself. Love yourself instead.
