Smoking Cigarettes
Why we think we enjoy them.
Later on in Step 4, I will explain how this process began – and how, after you became addicted to smoking cigarettes, the process becomes automatic.
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What this means is that every time you are smoke cigarettes or more importantly, even think of smoking cigarettes, you unconsciously release these feelings.
This, in turn, causes the release of certain chemical secretions in your brain and nervous system which cause you to experience that ' certain feeling' you get when you smoke.
The Implications
Can you begin to see the implications of this ?
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But because you believe it is the cigarette ( not an unreasonable assumption !) you now believe you MUST smoke to get those feelings.
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But even more importantly, you believe that if you quit smoking cigarettes, you will NEVER experience those feelings again.
That is what ex-smokers mean when they say 'they long for a cigarette'.
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What they really mean is they long to experience those certain PLEASURABLE feelings again. |
If you think about it, that's one of the main reasons why you really are Smoking Cigarettes – isn't it ?
To enjoy that feeling – that sensation !
…Of calm.
….Of peace.
…Of security.
…..of relaxation.
And what is your greatest fear if you give up?
Losing that pleasure, that enjoyment, that need, that security that you believe the process of smoking cigarettes provides.
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KEY IDEA |
We smoke because we want to experience
those pleasant feelings that we have
unconsciously linked to smoking cigarettes.