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That smoking feeling..... Later on in Step 4, you will learn how this process began - and how after you became addicted to smoking, the process became automatic. What this means is that every time you smoke or more importantly, even think of having a cigarette, 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 ? It is YOU by your mental intention to smoke that causes the release of these brain chemicals - not the cigarette. But because you believe it is the cigarette ( not an unreasonable assumption !) you believe you MUST smoke to get those feelings But even more importantly, you believe that if you stop smoking, you will NEVER experience those feelings again. That is what ex-smokers mean when they say 'they long for a cigarette'. 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 smoke - isn't it ? To enjoy that feeling - that sensation ! And what is your greatest fear if you give up? Losing that pleasure, that enjoyment, that need, that security that you believe the cigarette provides.
We smoke because we want to experience those pleasant feelings that we have unconsciously linked to smoking.
But may I make suggestion here? What if you could give up smoking, but still be able to create and enjoy those same pleasurable, safe feelings -without smoking?
A NEW POSSIBILITY
It's hard to believe, isn't it, that this life-less, nothing-less substance can cause so much trouble in your life? But what is more extraordinary is the awesome powers and qualities that we humans have attributed to it ? We believe it can......
Not only have we accepted all those false beliefs, but we have even managed to convince ourselves THAT IT IS ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE TO INHALE IT'S LIFE-DESTROYING, FILTHY SMOKE INTO OUR LUNGS.
Daily suicide Right now, you're probably feeling frustrated, angry and somewhat foolish at being a smoker. That is not our intention. As smokers, we have all committed the same folly. We have all been in the same boat and made the same foolish mistakes. But the good news is that we don't have to continue on this suicide mission. The simple truth is...... We find it difficult to give up smoking, not because it is enjoyable, or because it helps us to relax, but because WE BELIEVE that it does all these things for us!We also believe that if we attempt to give up, it will involve nothing but pain and suffering. And who wants to face extra pain and agony in their lives?
Who are you kidding? Right now, you're probably saying this cannot be true - that you know hundreds of people, no doubt yourself included, who have giving up smoking and found it terrible. I do not disagree with you. I know hundreds of people who tried to stop smoking and found it the worst experience of their lives. And if you decide to give up smoking and use the old WILLPOWER method of stopping - you may succeed. But you will find it a hard and painful process as all the people in the past did.
However, while you are doing that, the rest of us will be taking full advantage of the new developments in the Psychology of Non-smoking and the extraordinary wisdom of Zen and finding the whole process much more tolerable....... even enjoyable.
The choice is yours.
The old way or the New Way!
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