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Only once you quit making excuses will you quit smoking!
from:by Darren Warmuth
Just listen to anybody who smokes and quite regularly you'll hear things like "I'm going to try and quit smoking, just as soon as I (fill in the blank)". Perhaps you've heard them say these things a number of times and now you just don't listen. Know what I mean?
So here's what you need to do. You need to put down in writing the things you want to accomplish (quitting smoking) and come up with the reasons why. And while you are doing this, write down all the reasons why you can't (your excuses).
Just putting excuses down on paper so that they are something solid you can see is enough to make some people look at how silly they really are. For others, they may have to analyze their list of excuses and figure out why they believe these reasons to be true. Usually it is due to repetition. You've been telling yourselves for years that these are the reasons why you smoke, and if you tell yourself something enough times, eventually it will become an ingrained belief, whether it is the truth or not.
I've listed some of the more common excuses here, but ultimately it is your responsiblity to list EVERY reason you think keeps you smoking.
"Smoking helps to keep me thin."
Yes, it is possible that you may gain a little weight when stopping smoking. However it is usually less than 20 pounds (which, by the way is WAYYYY better for you than continuing to smoke would be). But if you take proactive steps to assure that when quitting, the only snacks available to you are healthy rather than high calorie comfort foods, this should not become an issue.
"I enjoy smoking too much to quit."
If that's the case, then why are you reading an article on quitting smoking? Truth is that I also said this exact same thing. It's purely a defense mechanism so you can justify why you smoke to other people. The problem is that as I said before, if you say something enough times, eventually you will come to believe it. This is no different. So it's time to be completely honest with yourself. Do you really enjoy smoking or is it just a lie you've come to believe? What do you love about it? Is it the coughing, the breathlessness, the stale smell in your hair, clothes, car and home? What is it that you truly appreciate about what smoking does for you? When you look at it that way and actually write the answers down, I think you'll find that you really don't like smoking very much at all.
The thing is that I am not trying to come across as mean or condescending, so please don't take what I am saying the wrong way. No, what I am trying to do is be truly helpful by telling you that none of the excuses that you are currently using or have used in the past do anything for you other than keep you smoking and once you come to terms with this fact, the easier quitting will be.
Trust in yourself and you'll find that you already have what it takes to beat these lies.
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