"Our doubts are
traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt."
W. SHAKESPEARE.
So far we have
made significant progress in understanding.....
- Why we smoke
- And what keeps us addicted to this
behavior.
All this is essential.
But now we must now come
to an another KEY IDEA that will determine how
successful you will be in giving up smoking.
A REAL DECISION
Soon you will make the decision
to stop smoking - but it must not be like 'any ordinary
decision'.
When you have prepared yourself
properly, you must sit down and make the DECISION
that you are never going to smoke again - AND
YOU MUST REALLY MEAN IT.
This is one of the key tenet of
this psychology of non-smoking.
You must really know that, no matter
what happens, you are never going to smoke again.
You will never again respond to that
feeling 'I want a cigarette' by smoking.
You must make that total
commitment to yourself.
And when you have made that decision,
you must not waste ANYTIME moping about it or
questioning it. You must not ALLOW yourself to torture
yourself !
For example, you must be able to say
to yourself:
" OK. This is it. I now know the
truth about giving up smoking. Millions have already given
up successfully and are enjoying perfectly full normal
lives.
I am now going to commit myself
TOTALLY to this objective."
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