Stopping smoking

[bram]

Hi all,

If anyone is struggling with nicotine addiction, and wants to give up, I wrote an essay on this subject; maybe it can help someone somewhere?

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Love,

Bram

[Ernie Nemeth]

Very well thought out essay. Thanks so much.
I will put it in my arsenal for the day I quit.

[bram]

Good luck with that Ernie....

[sheme]

I asked spirit for help, I was so afraid I would be craving nicotine all my life. In the end every time I fancied a smoke I had a simple mantra it went like this- " I don't smoke, I have never smoked, this feeling will pass in a moment". took less than a week, and probably saved my life.

The easiest thing I have ever done, I never even give smokes a second thought.

So it's harder to give up than Heroin ? Just a con put out by the PTB.

[Prodigal Son]

I asked spirit for help, I was so afraid I would be craving nicotine all my life. In the end every time I fancied a smoke I had a simple mantra it went like this- " I don't smoke, I have never smoked, this feeling will pass in a moment". took less than a week, and probably saved my life.

The easiest thing I have ever done, I never even give smokes a second thought.

So it's harder to give up than Heroin ? Just a con put out by the PTB.
It isn't the same for everyone. Kudos to you for having such an easy time of it. I "quit" several times, only to go back after getting frustrated because of weight gain and stress. After long-term smoking the brain actually grows special receptors that crave nothing but nicotine.

I came from a family of smokers, began when I was 14 and smoked between 1 1/2 and 2 packs a day, and kept that up for more than 32 years. I quit successfully on March 4, 2009 while dating a non-smoking nurse who got me the patch from her hospital.... and still it was a struggle that went on for many weeks even after ending the six-week patch program. To this day I still get cravings when I see a pack of cigarettes or I see someone lighting up.... but I know that one drag and its all over.

The bottom line is that a person really has to want to be smoke free. It was the best thing I ever did for myself.

[sheme]

I smoked 30 mini cigars a day I was hooked no filter tips and I inhaled, I simply believed their hype about how hard it would be and used all the methods you spoke of including hypnosis, failing each time.

In desperation I asked for spirit help and the mantra came to me it works- please feel free to try it next time you feel your craving it was given by spirit use it. peace to you!

[Camilo]

The only people I've seen that were able to quit, were people that did it cold turkey.

[sheme]

I wonder if the Sota Bio Turner would be any use? Bob Beck claims that Roger Doltry gave up Heroin by using this machine, also claims to get folks off the drink in 3 weeks without side effects. Just a thought for those that need physical help.

[nomadguy]

The only people I've seen that were able to quit, were people that did it cold turkey.

That is exactly how it happened to me. I had a rather bizarre and lucid dream and the next day I couldn't smoke. The gist of the dream was a message "Your smoking is stopping you from evolving"

[bram]

I asked spirit for help, I was so afraid I would be craving nicotine all my life. In the end every time I fancied a smoke I had a simple mantra it went like this- " I don't smoke, I have never smoked, this feeling will pass in a moment". took less than a week, and probably saved my life.

The easiest thing I have ever done, I never even give smokes a second thought.

So it's harder to give up than Heroin ? Just a con put out by the PTB.
It isn't the same for everyone. Kudos to you for having such an easy time of it. I "quit" several times, only to go back after getting frustrated because of weight gain and stress. After long-term smoking the brain actually grows special receptors that crave nothing but nicotine.

I came from a family of smokers, began when I was 14 and smoked between 1 1/2 and 2 packs a day, and kept that up for more than 32 years. I quit successfully on March 4, 2009 while dating a non-smoking nurse who got me the patch from her hospital.... and still it was a struggle that went on for many weeks even after ending the six-week patch program. To this day I still get cravings when I see a pack of cigarettes or I see someone lighting up.... but I know that one drag and its all over.

The bottom line is that a person really has to want to be smoke free. It was the best thing I ever did for myself.

I agree with this. I gave up ''cold turkey'' and struggled for three years, craving a cigarette every day and eventually giving in in a moment of weakness. But then, when I got my mind in the right place, I gave up effortlessly in three days. Its all in the mind, and the tricks the mind plays to get you to start again are incredible. One of the key things is never to feel sorry for yourself, or feel that you're missing out on something- coz you're not.