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NICOTINE ADDICTION
There are two things
that keep us addicted to smoking.
Today, we want to deal with this area of chemical addiction. What it is and how it can be overcome. It is a vital key step on your road to freedom.
THE TRUTH The truth is, right now, as far as nicotine is concerned:
YOU ARE A NICOTINE
A lot of people who want to give up smoking don't want to admit to this. And in many ways, I can understand why. It sounds too familiar to the horrors of heroin addiction and evokes terrible, dark desperate images. But it is a truth we must face. Most people who want to give up smoking believe that it is either (1) a wholly chemical addiction or (2) a wholly psychological dependency.
The truth is both: addiction to the mild drug nicotine
and
our absolute
belief that we need to smoke to be happy. Some people, though will not accept this
chemical addiction theory. "No - I'm not addicted." 'I really can take
it or leave it." "I only smoke because I enjoy it. I can
stop when I want." Or the famous: " I only smoke because it is a habit I
got into - I'll break it when I'm ready. No problem."
Excuse...after
excuse Please don't believe a word. These are nothing but excuses. Right now, at
this very moment you smoke because YOU HAVE TO - NOT BECAUSE YOU WANT
TO. If you don't believe me - put it to the test! Tell yourself that you will not smoke for
the next 24-hours. After a while, you will discover that it is very
difficult - you just HAVE TO HAVE A CIGARETTE. We all know the feeling. If you are struck
in a meeting you just can't wait to get out the front door to have a
smoke. It is not ONLY a desire - it is A compulsion. |