Have you really decided to quit smoking yet?
A smoker may feel she or he needs to or should quit smoking but until she or he wants to, and makes a decision to, nothing happens. We are all motivated by pleasure or pain. If you are serious about becoming a non-smoker now is the time to focus on the pleasures of being a non-smoker and to focus on the pain of smoking. This is not the time to think of all the things you love about smoking.
To decide to become a non-smoker THE PAIN OF SMOKING HAS TO BECOME GREATER IN YOUR MIND THAN THE PAIN OF NOT SMOKING.
Feel the kind of pain that you need to quit smoking yet? OK, so may be you could use some help.
Find a sheet of paper and a pen. Now start making a list of what you hate about smoking. It is important to clearly identify all the reasons why you are about to quit smoking. The more reasons you have to quit smoking and the stronger they are, the better. Here are some ideas to get you thinking. Look it over and see which, if any, apply to you. Complete the list with your own reasons (this part is very important).
Now add any additional personal reasons why you hate smoking:
Need more reasons? How about one of the following:
With your list in front of you you are in a much stronger position to make your decision to become a non-smoker.
With you on the path to success,
Stephen Gruber MA
Consulting Hypnotist
Montreal
Discover more about the 10 Step Stop Smoking Program here.
Return to the Quit Smoking main page here.
If not now, when?
If not here, where?
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