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What to do
if you REALLY don't care and just WANT to smoke.
1.
Again expect to feel like this. In fact you will feel like
this many times. And remember even the most acute craving
will only last a few minutes.
2.
Acknowledge how you are feeling. This is important. Realize
if you keep feeling like this it is quite normal and
natural.
3.
Simply note and affirm to yourself : This is fine. It is
only my body registering it's demand for nicotine.
4.
Stay in the moment.
5. Don't
make how you feel wrong. Simply open to the feeling . Allow
it to do whatever it wants to do.
Say:
'Come on my friend - you can do
and suggest whatever you desire. I know your time is up
and the more I stay open to you without wanting you to go
away - in fact NOT CARING WHAT YOU DO - you can stay
here all day if you want -- the sooner you'll be gone.'
6. Now
gently refocus your attention on whatever you were doing.
Treat it as a game. Repeat the procedure as often as you
feel necessary. Soon there will be no need for it...........
Failure is an
illusion
When you are ready,
pick the day when you will smoke your last cigarette and
become a non-smoker.
You are now just
beginning on the journey.
Even though you are
now or shortly will be a non-smoker continue to read and
reread the course in order to deepen your
understanding and knowledge of this simple psychology of
non-smoking.
And another point:
There is no such
thing as failure. If you should fail and start smoking again PLEASE,
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP
and think that you will never
succeed.
The only failure is if
you were to give up and never try again.
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KEY
IDEA.
The
only failure is if you were to give up
and never try again.
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LEARN FROM YOUR FAILURE.
And
discover where you went wrong and start again.
Thank you
for all your time and attention during this course.
As you
start off now on the road ... all our best wishes go with
you.
You're
not alone. We have all been there.
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Good
luck!
Now...here's
what you can expect to enjoy over the next few days and
years.....
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Within..... |
You
can expect....
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20
minutes |
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your blood pressure and pulse rate to return to
normal. The temperature of your hands and feet
will also have returned to normal. |
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8
Hours |
......your
blood oxygen levels to have increased to normal limits
and carbon monoxide levels to have dropped to normal. |
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24
Hours |
...your
risk of sudden heart attack to have substantially
decreased |
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48
Hours |
.....
nerve endings to start re-growing and your sense of
smell and taste to begin returning to normal. |
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72
Hours... |
......your
entire body to test 100% nicotine-free with over 90%
of all nicotine metabolites to have now passed through
your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of
chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity.
Your bronchial tubes will begin relaxing and thus make
breathing easier, and your lung capacity will also
begin to increase. |
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10
days to two weeks..... |
...your
body to have adjusted to the physical functioning
without nicotine and the 3,500 particles and more than
500 gases present in each puff. |
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3
weeks to three months.... |
.....your
circulation to have improved substantially, for
walking to have become easier, and your overall lung
function to have shown an amazing increase of up to
thirty percent. |
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1-9
months..... |
.......any
sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath to
have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs
thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep
your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body's
overall energy will have increased. |
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1
year.... |
......your
excess risk of coronary heart disease to drop to less
than half that of a smoker |
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5
years..... |
...
your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker
at 5-15 years after quitting. |
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10
years.... |
...
your risk of death from lung cancer to have decreased
by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack
a day). Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat
and esophagus is now half that of a smoker's. |
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15
years.... |
..
your risk of coronary heart disease to now be that of
a person who has never smoked. Your overall risk of
death has returned to nearly that of a person who has
never smoked. |
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Adapted
from the National Cancer Institute's "Smoking:
Facts and Tips for Quitting" |
And
finally............, here's something a reader sent in -if
you're still lacking motivation to quit!
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