Quitting smoking was very easy for me. I did it a hundred times.
What was hard was to keep from starting up again.
What actually worked for me was realizing that the way I felt when I wanted a cigarette was exactly
the way I felt shortly after finishing a cigarette. I said to myself, I've just finished a cigarette...
I believe that Duncan is correct about Salvia Divinorum being effective for interrupting the
addiction cycle.
Dan
Peter M. Stellas wrote:
Dee ,
I only offer this comment in the hope that it might help someone.
Between ages 19 and 30 I smoked a pack a day and tried to quit on many
occasions. You probably know the routine. Crumple the pack and throw it
away, only to un-crumple it later, straighten out a cigarette (sometimes
using scotch tape) in order to satisfy the craving. Nothing worked until
I studied something about the mind, visualization, subconscious
perception of reality, etc.
I prepared a side-by-side list of pros and cons to smoking versus not
smoking, and began to * visualize myself as a non-smoker *. This means
that I practiced seeing myself as a non-smoker, and began to imagine how
well I would feel, how much nicer I would smell, how much more “in
control” I would be as a non smoker. You have to do this exercise for
about two weeks before the subconscious mind accepts the new image of
yourself and can support any decision to stop smoking. All other efforts
are difficult and often impossible because we are using will power,
chemicals, gum, etc. in a fight against what we really believe about
ourselves, which is that we ARE SMOKERS. The subconscious is always
stronger than the conscious will power. This technique is well known and
practiced by athletes in a variety of disciplines.
Only when the visualized “new self “ (Non-smoker) was accepted as real
in my subconscious mind, was I able to just quite suddenly, and never
crave it again, because only then did the subconscious mind agree with
my decision to quit smoking and the fight was over.
On rare occasions, over the years, I have indulged in a few cigarettes
or a cigar, along with some beers when I was in the company of smoker
friends. But the next day it was all forgotten (even regretting the
after-taste of cigars) with no cravings for tobacco. I perceive myself
as a non-smoker in my conscious and subconscious mind so I can smoke on
very rare occasions and never be hooked on it again.
I hope that I offered something worth considering.
Peter
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