If you're here to make a pledge to quit because you've decided without any prior thought to do so - think again. This is not just a place for end-of-the year New Year's resolutions. The "Oh I REALLY NEED TO QUIT SMOKING" cry and so "THIS YEAR I'll really DO IT!" And "New Year's is the PERFECT TIME!" We've all been there, attempted that. For most of us that New Year's resolution was just a wishful thought based on hope and what our inner wisdom told us we should do for the benefit of our health. It was a beautiful, but brief, emotional desire, supported by very little else than the "I SHOULD” and “I WISH I COULD."
Quitting takes so much more than that. It takes all sorts of thoughtful supportive measures. It takes desire, yes, but desire is not the deciding factor. Knowledge, dedication, commitment, sacrifice, homework, perseverance... all the words we really don't want to hear. That's what quitting takes. Well, the lasting kind, anyway. We want it to be easy. We want to take a pill and awaken the next day craving free. Doesn't happen. YOU have to do the work necessary to achieve the success you want. YOU have to make and take the time. YOU have to learn and apply that learning and you may have to make some sacrifices along the way. Are you willing? It's an incredibly empowering journey. You'll learn things about yourself you never knew And they are positively THRILLING!
No, it's not an easy ride. Smoking has consumed your days and twilights. For YEARS. It has consumed most of your being in more ways than you have even considered - mentally, physically and spiritually. But you'll discover all that if you stick around and, well - just read. In order to overcome this addiction, you have to consume something else. A different mindset. Our brains, unfortunately were sabotaged without our knowledge when we took those first few puffs. But knowledge gives us the keys necessary to unlock the door to our Freedom. It's OUR choice. YOUR choice.
What will you choose?
This is a one-day-at-a-time journey. Get through today and you will find it will aid your tomorrow. Each smoke-free day builds upon the next and adds strength and encouragement to those days which follow.
Come pledge with us.. I dare ya!
Let us join hands (the newly quit and the old faithfuls) in this New Year Pledge by clicking the following link: A New Year - A New Pledge
