Henry Ford once said, that if you think you can or you think you can't, then either way you are right. Here in lies the problem. Many smokers think they can't, or think it will be very hard.
They say things like:
1. Cigarettes are my friend: Wow talk about a lousy friend.
2. I'll be lost without them: Nothing quite so comforting as lighting a toxic cigarette.
3. I need my cigarettes to think: Nothing like 4000 toxic chemicals flooding your brain to help cognition.
4. Cigarettes help me when I'm stressed. Nicotine causes an adrenal response, flooding your system with adrenalin and cortisol, nothing good about that.
5. Smoking helps me relax. Again the nicotine does no such thing. It's taking time out that is relaxing.
6. I like smoking when I eat. Just wait until your food tastes like food and not an ashtray.
7. I always smoke with alcohol. Have a look around, notice the non smokers are doing just fine, without smoking.
8. I put on weight if I quit. Smokers are no less thin or fat than any other group in society. Smoking actually makes it hard for your liver to break down fats properly.
In fact one of the best pieces of advice I can give to a smoker is to just observe non smokers going about their day. See them when they are relaxed, stressed, busy, thinking, bored, eating or drinking.
The non smokers are managing just fine without any assistance from cigarettes. Focussing on all the reasons you think you need to smoke is just making it very hard for you. You can't quit when you think your life is so dependent on smoking.
The first thing to do is to look at the list and just think about it. Start to realise that smoking doesn't make anything better. It doesn't help you to relax or thing, or drive better or hold a better conversation on the phone.
All it does is cost you a lot of money, make you smell like an ashtray, and strip away 14 years of life on average. And did I mention the slow painful lingering death.
Article by : Ian Newton, Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ian_Newton
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