Please ACCEPT ALL the feelings and physical sensations you get when you quit smoking.
The problem is not the craving to smoke , but HOW you will deal with these cravings to smoke.
It is important that you are totally honest with yourself.
Yes, when you quit, initially you will FEEL tense, anxious, and even fearful.
You will sometimes doubt your ability to be successful.
You will feel empty and deprived as if an 'old friend' has gone.
But remember these feelings in themselves are not bad and they are only temporary.
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KEY IDEA |
The pain is not in the feelings but IN OUR RESISTANCE TO THESE FEELINGS. In our running away from them. In our fear and dread of them. We must remember the simple law: What we resists, PERSISTS.
The secret lies in taking a different approach to these feelings and desires and in following a simple way to transmute them.