“Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on. `I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least - at least I mean what I say - that's the same thing, you know.'”
- Lewis Carroll
So does saying what you mean equal meaning what you say? Or do you have 2 voices going on in your head?
We all have EXperienced it. That Voice that says "just one won't hurt!" Some of us refer to it as the Nico-Demon, but I realize that the nico-demon is really just ME! So why would I try to fight myself?
I prefer to recognize that other Voice within. There's a Voice that says, "I really should quit one of these days..." Maybe it's barely a whisper but it was enough to get you to visit this site! So admit it's there! Tune into that Voice for a while!
Do you hear it saying, "Wow! I didn't realize I smoke 20+cigs a day! I really didn't enjoyALL of them! That morning cough might just be more than just a cold in the Winter and just allergies all Summer!You know what? I wonder what $7 a day adds up to in a Month?"
That's the Voice! I call this Voice the God Given FREEDOM Loving Voice!Why not just turn the volume up on that Voice a bit? Why not let those messages about how "smoking not only harms myself but my loved ones; it not only pollutes my lungs, it pollutes my Home and Car; Oh yea, 7X30=$210/Month! Holy Smokes!!!!; my Health Insurance and Life Insurance rates owuld go down too!; it's kinda stressful coming up with all that money every day and BTW, I wonder how much time I spend just hanging out smoking? Let's see... 8 minutesX20= 160 minutes=TWO HOURS and 40 minutes a DAY!; No wonder I feel stressed out!" Turn the Volume up!
And while you're at it, turn the Nico-Voice Volume down! No, I'm not going to meltdown, divorce my spouse, yell at my kids, lose my job - just because I quit smoking! No, I'm not going to sleep for 10 years or lay awake for months, gain 100 lbs, wreck my car - just because I quit smoking! REALLY! So just turn the Volume on those messages down!
Pretty soon, the only Voice you'll hear is the Healthy Happy FREEDOM Loving Voice! That other Voice won't even enter your train of thought! And when it does occasionally get louder again - it still won't be as loud as your Smoke FREE Voice! That's because Smokers don't get to smoke - They have to Smoke! And Quitters never regret having chosen FREEDOM! Make the Nico-Voice the whisper! Pretty soon it will stop bugging you! And your FREEDOM Loving Voice will stop bugging you too -because it truly is your God-given Voice!
You will say what you mean instead of mean what you say!
