Victims
of misinformation
Let me add, at this point, that
there is no blame here that that you have unconsciously accepted all these false
beliefs and fears about smoking.
We are all victims of this universal myth -
but, one by one, we must face it and expose it's nothingness.
This will not only be for our own personal
benefit but for others too, because everybody who succeeds in
quitting smoking and
finding the whole process easy makes it 100% easier for all the people who
follow them.
So
again, do not blame yourself for your present
beliefs about smoking.
Remember, at one
stage over 60% of the adult population were addicted to
nicotine.
In fact, in the fifties, people were told by
doctors and the tobacco companies that cigarettes did not even
pose a risk to health !!
The
Mechanics Of Smoking
So exactly what does happen
physically when you smoke ?
Every puff on your cigarette delivers, via
the lungs to the brain a small dose of nicotine that actually acts more
rapidly than a dose of heroin an addict may inject into his
veins.
Because nicotine is a quick-acting drug, the
levels in the bloodstream drop quickly to about half within a half an hour
and a quarter within an hour of finishing a cigarette.
As soon as a smoker extinguishes a cigarette,
the nicotine rapidly begins to leave the bloodstream and the smoker begins
to suffer withdrawal symptoms - that restless feeling that says "I want a
cigarette".
What does the smoker then do?
He has another cigarette of course and
within seven seconds, fresh nicotine is supplied and the craving ends
..........but soon starts again .....and again.........and
again.............and the chain goes on and it is a chain for life UNLESS
we break it.
So whenever you feel like a cigarette - and
we all know the feeling - that senseless desire to smoke - realize that it
is nothing but that 'little monster', nicotine - requesting it's hourly
dose of poison.
That's all.
Not some large, terrifying, all-powerful
force that we must fear and obey at all costs.
It is just that 'little monster' trying to
send a message to the brain - usually every hour - 'I need more poison.
Nicotine now please."
The
Truth!
The truth is simple.
You are a nicotine
addict.
You smoke to supply your body with nicotine but this is not the
end of the world.
There is some good news. It is important to remember
that although nicotine is one of the world's most powerful drugs because
of the speed with which you get hooked, you are never badly physically hooked.
Isn't this great news?
We all know the terrible reality of smoking,
but at least there is a way out of this misery.
We thought we were chained
for life to this terrible addiction and we were convinced we would have to
suffer terrible physical withdrawal pangs to escape from it.
But now a new simple truth has emerged that
people all over the world are discovering for themselves:
When you
quit smoking there
is no great physical agony to battle against. All we will feel is a
slight physical discomfort that will come in the form of a empty, restless
feeling which will fade away gradually after we stop.
A
Lingering Doubt
But there is still a doubt in your mind,
right now, isn't there ?
"OK", you're probably saying, "I understand
this whole problem of nicotine addiction. And I can accept that I'll
probably have no problem in dealing with any physical withdrawal symptoms
I may have to face, - but I
still have a nagging doubt........
There much be more to it than
that........ If it is so easy to cope with the withdrawal symptoms, why
then do some smokers still find it so difficult? Why do
they still go through months of torture and spend the whole of their
lives pining for a cigarette?"
The answer to that question will
complete the final piece of the jigsaw that will solve for us the mystery
of our addiction to smoking.
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