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Multiple Steps for Quitting Smoking: Brainwash Yourself

by John Oleske

New York, New York
United States

Cold Turkey: Tried it all, failed 100 times before succeeding. My secret to success: Brainwash yourself in the days/hours before you are to quit with info from this page/Am. Lung Ass'n/Am. Cancer Society, etc... ...find a regularly-scheduled exercise & nutrition program, like Body-For-Life or BodyRx (or anything with a structure that will help you stay on), and EXERCISE and EAT GOOD FOOD and DRINK LOTS OF WATER, especially the first few days you quit.... ...know that the insanity, that horrible demon in your brain that will come up with what seem like perfectly logical reasons to smoke and get rid of the awful physical feelings will soon be hanging around... ...but know that he'll be gone in 48-72 hours if you can push him down in the black hole he belongs in for that long... ...and when your body hates you, and cries out, think back at it, I am stronger than today's pain; I am stronger than a paper tube filled with scraps of a plant; I am stronger than tobacco company executives think I am; I will beat you, I will win, I will live for me, and not for "it"! Good Luck, and Stay Strong!