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When you quit smoking you have everything
to
gain.....
- Health
- Wealth. (
Remember as a 20-a-day smoker - you have just saved yourself thousands
and thousands of dollars)
- ......And freedom
AND
NOTHING TO LOSE BUT.....YOUR ILLUSIONS ABOUT SMOKING
Remember, our entire course
is free, unless you would like to Donate
to help us with our work - so you have .... absolutely nothing to lose!
However, there is one thing
we must
insist upon:
COMMITMENT
We need to ask you for
the following special commitments ?
Essential requirements
1. Desire
To succeed, you must provide
the following qualities.
There is NO getting away from this.
You must want to stop.
This
may sound obvious but it is very important. Do you really want to stop
smoking?
If you answer NO - you are being honest with yourself. Of course
you don’t want to stop smoking at this moment or otherwise you wouldn’t be
doing it.
However, let me ask you the
question in a different way.
If there was a way that you could give up smoking and
NOT have to
feel you are being deprived of ANYTHING and not have to suffer terrible
withdrawal symptoms, would you consider stopping?
The answer to this question
would be "Yes" from most smokers.
We all want to stop but we are afraid of
how we will feel when we can’t smoke - and it is this fear alone that
keeps us smoking.
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THE FEAR OF AGONY.
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The truth is
that most of us have convinced ourselves that we enjoy smoking, but
the truth is deep down WE ARE TERRIFIED OF THE AGONY WE THINK WE
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What will it be like when I stop? How
will I cope? |
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Deep down, we believe that if
we quit smoking, our life will be unbearable.
From my own experience, I know
how painfully true this is.
I don’t know how many times I put off
quitting. I always had thousands, of what I thought were acceptable
excuses!
We all do don’t we ?
But it was only when I stopped and was
really honest with myself that I discovered it was nothing but fear - a
fear that was caused by one simple belief .
THE ILLUSION OF
PAIN.
I believed I would have to go
through hours and even weeks of agony as I fought those ‘terrible
withdrawal pangs’.
But even worse I just could not believe I could get
through a day - especially after a meal or in the pub after work - without
a cigarette.
The important thing, at this
stage is not to let these doubts and fears diminish your desire or your
belief that you can succeed.
Everyday, if possible, affirm your desire to stop. In a
strong positive voice say to yourself:
'I am now going to
commit myself to stop smoking.
I know that I have a lot
to learn but I will learn it.
I know that, at this stage of
the course I will have many doubts and fears especially if I have tried
before and failed.
But I will not allow them
lessen my desire to stop. I will open my mind and examine all my beliefs
about smoking.
Surely, I can succeed.
80
million people just like me in the USA have done it. And millions and
millions more all around the world......
Of course it is possible.
I know the secret lies in not
trying to force myself to stop smoking through willpower, but in
understanding and applying the simple techniques that thousands have
already used to free themselves permanently from this
addiction.
Now I will commit myself 100%
to giving up smoking. I will prove to myself not only can it be done but
anybody can do it easily, simply and when they understand the principles
behind it - effortlessly'.
2. A WILLINGNESS TO STUDY, UNDERSTAND AND
CARRY OUT ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
As we have emphasized before, the KEY to
giving up smoking - AND NOT FINDING IT HARD TO GIVE UP - lies in
understanding why you smoke and the simple techniques you can use to free
yourself from the need to smoke.
To succeed, take your time.
Play around with
all the ideas in the course.
You will come across many ideas that will go
against what you presently believe and you will have a tendency to dismiss
them.
Don’t do
that.
Keep your mind open.
Explore.....
every idea and let it’s meaning sink into your mind.
Study each idea and literally
playing around with it until you understand it
completely.
If you will provide the willingness to
study, to understand and to carry out all the exercises we suggest, you
will realize that the only thing you will have to provide is....
.......the ability
to tolerate a slight temporary discomfort for about 3 to 7 days.
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