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But something else is happening, at a
subconscious level that most of us are not aware of.
When we smoke that
cigarette and satisfy our craving, we F-E-E-L
a great sense of relief and we
unconsciously DECIDE TO ENJOY THE
MOMENT.
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" I'll take a break from what
I'm doing" - or if you have a problem, "I'll allow myself to take a
break from worrying about it for a few minutes just to enjoy this
cigarette " - and so you enter for that brief moment into a relaxed, safe, work-free, problem-free period
'enjoying' the cigarette. |
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You use
smoking as a means to forget your problems -even for a brief
period. |
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For those few
minutes......... you ALLOW yourself
time
to think, FREE of all your worries and
concerns.
For that brief
period........ you put aside ALL your worries and problems.....
And as time goes on, these
pleasant, relaxed FEELINGS become interlinked - totally linked with
smoking and certain parts of your day.
Every time you have a cigarette you mentally and emotionally ALLOW
yourself ( even if you are unconscious of this happening ) to have a break
from your work or worries and for that moment you feel...
Happy...
Safe.......
And Secure.
For those few moments, as you smoke...... you do not feel threatened
by your problems or responsibilities.
This is why people believe smoking helps
them if they have a problem.
It is not the cigarette - it is the safe,
open feeling that the cigarette seems to evoke. You believe it can help
you think more clearly.
And as you begin to enjoy these brief
periods of peace, safety and relaxation snatched during the day, you do
not realize it but you become convinced that these
PLEASURABLE FEELINGS are totally linked - in fact, most of us falsely
conclude that they must be in some way INHERENT in
the cigarette itself.
What has happened though is that we have
transferred pleasurable feelings of peace, relaxation and safety THAT WE
HAVE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO EXPERIENCE every time we smoke TO the cigarette.
We have set up a neurological association in
our bodies between the act of smoking and these feelings.
.....Every time you smoked or even looked forward to smoking,
you experienced the joy you believed only cigarettes could give
you.
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