Old School vs New School
Many people are still in the "Old School" state of mind. My mom and brother both fit into this category. They think that quitting smoking is impossible. They think it is painful, miserable, terrible, and the hardest thing anyone could ever do. They are so intimidated by these thoughts that they are too scared to even try. How many smokers out there feel the same way. I'm sure a very high percentage of them. I in fact was one of those on my quit Day 1, August 2, 2011.
August 2, 2011 I worked very hard, minute by minute, suffering, waiting, praying for time to go by. I ate tons of chocolate, took 2 hot baths, tried to take a nap and ended up grabbing my e-cig and puffing on it which sent my body into full nicotene cravings. Twenty minutes later I smoked nearly 3 cigarettes back to back like a crazed psycho.
It was then that I realized what the Allen Carr book and everything I had read on the site about nicotene addiction meant. I AM AN ADDICT. Once I got it everything changed. I never had another craving, never suffered again. Because I knew what cigarettes were to me. They are my drug. I cannot have just one, one leads to thousands. You ever notice how when someone throws away their quit it takes them several days, weeks, years, to quit again. That is because we jump deep into this addiction, more, more, more, more.
New School of thinking:
UNDERSTANDING
* I am a nicotene addict
* I understand I can not ever have another one again. Not one little puff.
*I understand that the reason I cannot have one little puff, is because my addiction is so strong one puff will lead to losing all my freedom. Back to slavery.
ACCEPTANCE
*I am a nicotene addict
*I will live the rest of my life without nicotene
NEW LIFE
*I am a nicotene addict
* I am free
* I am beautiful, happy, incredible, wonderful.
*I love me.
*I will live the rest of my life free!
God Bless
Sheri / Day 304
