I’ve “quit” smoking dozens of times in the past, but always went back to it. This book removes the smokers’ urge to smoke. If there’s no urge or craving, then it’s easy not to smoke. That’s the key difference.
The author recommends that you continue to smoke as you read the book, and that helps a lot.
It felt like magic the first time for me, because I was waiting for “something” and it never came. It was just that I crumpled up my last pack of smokes and that was it.
So glad to hear that you’ve read it and made the conscious decision to be a non-smoker! I am still a non-smoker since I made this post, and I’ve had temptations from that little nicotine monster. But every time I get one, I know that it’s just dying little by little.
I agree that the book is not written well, and the author even tells us that at the beginning of it. I think what really drove home the messaging for me, was how he related heroin users to smokers. Heroin junkies aren’t addicted to the needle, they’re addicted to heroin - the needle is just the delivery device. In the same manner with smoking, the cigarette is just the delivery device for nicotine. That clicked for me.
I learned just last week that I can go running. I’ve been a smoker for 20+ years, so I’ve always avoided running. But I was able to go running for several miles, and it was the first time that my legs gave out well before my lungs. I wouldn’t make it a quarter of a mile before I was wheezing and coughing as a smoker. I’m less stressed at work because I’m not jonesing for a smoke break. I feel so free and alive, and I don’t ever want to go back to smoking.
Keep your focus and determination. Re-read some of the book if you’re feeling tempted. Awesome things are coming you’re way - make sure you take full advantage of them
I’ve “quit” smoking dozens of times in the past, but always went back to it. This book removes the smokers’ urge to smoke. If there’s no urge or craving, then it’s easy not to smoke. That’s the key difference.
The author recommends that you continue to smoke as you read the book, and that helps a lot.
It felt like magic the first time for me, because I was waiting for “something” and it never came. It was just that I crumpled up my last pack of smokes and that was it.
You can do it!
So glad to hear that you’ve read it and made the conscious decision to be a non-smoker! I am still a non-smoker since I made this post, and I’ve had temptations from that little nicotine monster. But every time I get one, I know that it’s just dying little by little.
I agree that the book is not written well, and the author even tells us that at the beginning of it. I think what really drove home the messaging for me, was how he related heroin users to smokers. Heroin junkies aren’t addicted to the needle, they’re addicted to heroin - the needle is just the delivery device. In the same manner with smoking, the cigarette is just the delivery device for nicotine. That clicked for me.
I learned just last week that I can go running. I’ve been a smoker for 20+ years, so I’ve always avoided running. But I was able to go running for several miles, and it was the first time that my legs gave out well before my lungs. I wouldn’t make it a quarter of a mile before I was wheezing and coughing as a smoker. I’m less stressed at work because I’m not jonesing for a smoke break. I feel so free and alive, and I don’t ever want to go back to smoking.
Keep your focus and determination. Re-read some of the book if you’re feeling tempted. Awesome things are coming you’re way - make sure you take full advantage of them