What to do if you REALLY don't care and just WANT to smoke.
1. Again expect to feel like this now and again during the first few days.
But remember even the most acute craving will only last a few minutes.
2. Acknowledge how you are feeling.
This is important.Realize if you are feeling like this, it is quite normal and natural.
3. Simply note and affirm to yourself :
'This is fine. It is only my body registering it's demand for nicotine.'
4. Stay in the moment.
Don't project in the future or worry about the next hour or day.
Stay in the moment and transmute the feeling.
5. Don't make how you feel wrong.
Simply open to the feeling . Allow it to do whatever it wants to do.
Say:
'Come on my friend – you can do and suggest whatever you desire. I know your time is up and the more I stay open to you without wanting you to go away – in fact NOT CARING WHAT YOU DO – you can stay here all day if you want — the sooner you'll be gone.'
With this attitude, you'll lose all your power over me.If you still need to give yourself a slight shock about the dangers of smoking to really focus your attention on dealing with this craving – and not giving in to it- go the our Red Alert Page
6. Now gently refocus your attention on whatever you were doing.
Treat it as a glorious game.
Repeat the procedure as often as you feel necessary.
Soon there will be no need for it….…….
Give Up Now Before it is Too Late
Even though you are now a non-smoker, continue to read and reread the course in order to deepen your understanding and knowledge of this simple psychology of non-smoking.
And another point:
…..What if I fail?
There is no such thing as failure.
If you should fail and start smoking again PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP and think that you will never succeed.
The ONLY failure is if you were to give up and never try again.
LEARN FROM YOUR FAILURE
And discover where you went wrong and start again.
It was most likely during what we have called a 'trigger occasion' in this course.
This means that these occasions are YOUR dangerous ' points ' – so you need to be TWICE as focused and ALERT as normal during these occasions.
So don't give up.
Don't feel disheartened.
Just start again.
As I have told you, I failed five times before I finally succeed- and now I am 20 years a happy, glorious non-smoker!
As you start off now on the road … remember you're not alone.
We have all been there.
You will succeed.
About that I have absolutely no doubt!
I now want you to do 4 simple things
before you quit……