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That smoking
feeling!
Later on in Step 4, you
will learn how this process began - and how, after you became addicted
to smoking, the process becomes automatic.
What this means is that every
time you smoke or more importantly, even think of
having a cigarette, you unconsciously release these feelings.
This, in turn, causes the release of
certain chemical
secretions in your brain and nervous system which cause you
to experience that ' certain feeling' you get when you
smoke.
The
Implications
Can you begin to see the
implications of this ?
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It is YOU by your mental intention to
smoke that causes the release of these 'happy', 'pleasurable' brain
chemicals - not the
cigarette.
But because you believe it is
the cigarette ( not an unreasonable assumption !) you now believe
you MUST smoke to get those feelings.
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But even more
importantly, you believe that if you quit smoking, you will NEVER experience those feelings again.
That is what ex-smokers mean
when they say 'they long for a cigarette'.
| What they really
mean is they long to experience those certain PLEASURABLE feelings
again. |
If you think about it, that's one of the main
reasons why you really smoke - isn't it ?
To enjoy that feeling -
that sensation ! Of claim. Of peace. Of security.
And what is your greatest fear if you give
up?
Losing that
pleasure, that enjoyment, that need, that
security that you believe the cigarette provides.
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KEY
IDEA |
We smoke
because we want to experience those pleasant feelings that
we have unconsciously linked to smoking.
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