The Quit Smoking Report Ezine

The Quit Smoking Report 05/04/99

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In this issue:

<> Letter from the Editor
<> Article: How to Quit Smoking Even If You Love to Smoke
<> A Word From Our Sponsor
<> Smokers' Stories

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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ARTICLE: How to Quit Smoking Even If You Love to Smoke
by Fred H. Kelley

Let's face it, you probably enjoy some aspects of smoking. Some
people truly love to smoke. There's no denying that smoking
provides real benefits such as relaxation or feelings of
security.

So, how do you quit when you love to smoke?

YOU GOTTA WANNA

First and foremost, you have to have the desire to quit. If you
love smoking and don't want or plan to quit, then there's almost
no point in reading further. But if you honestly do want to
quit, then you have the first and most important ingredient for
quitting.

Is it possible to love smoking while simultaneously wanting to
quit? Of course! Think about any destructive behavior you or
other people engage in. For example, you may love to speed when
you drive around town, yet you know it is dangerous and you want
to quit doing it. Alcoholics have a love-hate relationship with
their drink. You smoke and enjoy it, but you know it is bad for
you.

DEVELOP THE DESIRE TO QUIT

"I love smoking too much to develop the desire to quit," you may
be saying. However, there are some simple steps you can take to
create the will to quit.

1. Make a list of the benefits you receive from smoking. Write
down as many benefits as you can think of.

2. Make a list of the bad things that have resulted or may
result from continuing to smoke.

3. Make a list of the reasons YOU want to quit. For example,
your list might include "live longer", "set a good example for
my children", "save money", etc. Everyone needs a purpose or a
reason to do anything before he or she is truly motivated to do
it. Make sure you know why you want to quit.

Read each of your lists at least once per day. These lists will
provide you with concrete motivation for quitting.

4. Make an appointment with your doctor and ask him or her to be
very frank with you about the destructiveness of smoking. Ask to
see pictures of lungs taken out of smokers' bodies. Have your
doctor explain what good things will happen after you quit.
Hearing and seeing these things from your doctor may influence
you more than anything else. After all, this person has devoted
their life to understanding the human body. They know the
truth, and most likely you'll believe what they have to say.

EXAMINE THE "BENEFITS"

Once you have a definite desire to quit smoking, it's time to
examine the so-called "benefits" of smoking. By now you should
have the "benefits of smoking" list that you made in step 1
above.

You must become very objective when you analyze your list. Is
each list item truly a benefit or just a "fix". If you smoke to
relax, ask yourself "how does a non-smoker deal with stress
without smoking?" If you smoke to relieve boredom are you
benefiting yourself temporarily by smoking, while paying for it
with reduced health and expensive cigarettes?

Look at each item in your list from the perspective of a non-
smoker. What would a non-smoker have to say about your list? How
does a non-smoker deal with the world without smoking? Can you
obtain the same or similar benefits without a cigarette?

Remember that much of the "positive" benefit of smoking is
temporary. The long-term effects of smoking are nearly all
negative.

FIND REPLACEMENTS

After examining the benefits you get from smoking, you need to
develop replacements for your cigarettes (and their effects) so
that you can continue to receive the benefits that smoking
provides you, but without the downside.

First, you need to understand that some of the so-called
benefits of smoking are really just a cruel lie. As your body
has grown accustomed to smoking and the accompanying physical
and chemical effects on your body, you have developed a need to
smoke to achieve these "benefits." You feel that the only way
you can relax is to smoke, and you do find that smoking calms
your nerves. But how long has it been since you relaxed on your
own, without the aid of a cigarette? Again, how does a non-
smoker relax? Smoking has become your crutch, when your ankle
really isn't broken.

So, on your list of "benefits of smoking" next to each benefit,
write down something you can do, other than smoking, that will
replicate the benefit.

For example, if the benefit you wrote down was that smoking
helps you sleep, you might write down that you would exercise
regularly. Exercise can aid your body in so many ways, including
better sleep. If you wrote that smoking helps you to get moving
in the morning, you might write down that you will listen to
your favorite high-energy music while you get dressed.

Be creative! This is the fun part. You get to re-invent your
life!

TURN LOVE TO DISGUST

If you love to smoke, you need to begin to despise it.

Switch to a different brand of cigarettes--one that you don't
like.

Look at yourself in the mirror when you smoke. Looks stupid,
doesn't it? No other animal in the world, even the lowliest,
purposefully inhales smoke. Why do you?

Look at your hands and teeth. They're disgusting, aren't they?
You're not going to get a date looking like that!

And you stink too! Yuck!

The cigarette companies are robbing you of $1,000 per year. Are
you going to let them get away with that? And your car smells
terrible. You won't be able to get as much for it when you sell
it.

You're a social outcast at restaurants. Nobody likes to smell
your stinky smoke.

Get the idea?

NOW GO OUT AND DO IT

You can read this and do nothing or you can follow the steps and
take ACTION! Nothing in your life worth doing happens magically.
You have to create your own magic by taking action. Action.
ACTION.

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SMOKERS' STORIES

If you can help these folks with your suggestions please send
them email.

Ann Carpenter <ann_carpenter@hotmail.com> writes:
Subject: New Beginnings

I decided to quit smoking "again" on Easter Sunday of this year
and I have not had a cigarette since then. I said, again,
because I have quit before, the longest being for three months;
then I made the mistake of thinking I could smoke for a few days
to get me through a very stressful situation and quit again.
Well, that few days turned into another fourteen months of
smoking. I am 49 years old and have been smoking for 35 years.
My father died of emphysema, my mother has asthma and I'M A
NURSE!! One would think I would never have started in the first
place.

I've been sitting here reading others stories about quitting and
yes it does get easier each day; however, never lose sight of
the fact that you are only ONE cigarette away from your
addiction, so don't ever pick one up after you've laid them
down, regardless of what stressful situation you may be
experiencing. Remember there is always going to be stress in
your life and you have to learn to deal with it in some other
fashion. Most of us have always used stress as an excuse to
smoke, you can no longer do that now.

This is the last time I'm going to quit smoking!! I feel better
about quitting this time than I ever have before and I, too,
have started exercising every morning to ward off weight gain.
It's amazing how well one can breathe when we're not filling our
lungs with smoke. I am having a problem exercising because of
leg pain though. Are there any women out there my age having the
same problem?

I'm thankful for this opportunity to talk with others who are
going through the same think I am. My husband doesn't smoke and
never has and he has never been able to understand how difficult
it is to give up; however, he is very supportive and knows when
to stay out of my way!! (if you know what I mean).

I chose Easter Sunday as my new beginning for spiritual reasons.
Whatever day you choose to quit smoking will be a special day.
Good luck to all. I pray for your continued strength to take one
day at a time and choose not to smoke..

Ann

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Luciano Salerno <LS-eagle@worldnet.att.net> writes:
Subject: Who are you living with

Would you live with someone/something that....
-is cheating on you? (because it causes pleasure to you as it
does to everybody but does not love anybody)
-does not make any good to you? (and will kill you silently)
-makes you waste your money without having any ROI? (Return Of
Investment)
-is using you and will not give up until you are destroyed?
-does not love you?

Would you mind to leave once and for all from someone that has
the above characteristics?
So....why are you living with a cigarette.....throw it away and
start enjoying a new life.

I lived with such a destructive thing for 22 years which
represents 50% of my life.
Sure is not easy to get rid of something that has been part of
your life for such a long time, but when I listed and faced the
truth about cigarettes. I had to leave,....and now I have to
live

Thanks God and my kids for all the support and inspiration that
accompanied me during my quitting process.
Luciano

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Krishana Sridhar <KSRIDHAR@bangalore.imr.com> writes:
Subject: Help Please

I started smoking 12 years back at the age of 18. It all just
started with a puff, later on one after breakfast, lunch, dinner
etc. , finally I have been smoking about a pack plus now-a-days.
Just fed up of the way I have been hooked on to this habit. I
have tried a couple of times to quit. I have tried using the
Nicorette Gum, Nicorette Inhaler. Even though I have a very
strong desire to quit smoking, I just don't know what makes me
get into it again in a short period. When I am with my parents
and wife, I comfortably stay without a fag for even two or three
days. But back in office, I start of with one and it continues.
I avoided buying packets, but even that has not helped much.
PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SUGGESTION OR GUIDANCE AND I WILL GRATEFUL
TO YOU FOR LIFETIME.

Regards,
Sridhar
Email : ksridhar@bangalore.imr.com

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<4lg9iammarti@marquette.edu > writes:

I am only 21 years old. I have been smoking now for eight years.
At the age of thirteen, I had no idea what I was getting myself
into. I wake up and I smoke before I'm even dressed for class. I
won't even get into a class unless I've had a smoke. I go to
school in Milwaukee and I spend 3.45 for a pack of cigarettes.
As a student that money should be going to food or the electric
bill. I do not have the money required as a smoker to sustain a
great social life. I can't go out sometimes because I have no
money. My girlfriend cries when she sees me light up, her father
is dying from lung cancer right now. I can't even quit for her.
To all of you parents out there, do not let your children end up
like me. I was once a vibrant child, now I'm an old 21 year old.

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Kim <ATwinTwo@aol.com> writes:
Subject: I'm smoke free!!

Hi Everyone,

I am a non smoker as of Jan 21st 1999. I smoked for 24 years and
loved every minute of it. I luckily have a non-smoking husband
of 20 years who is a great support. Our two boys as well. (11
and 16 yrds old). I have tried at least a dozen times before to
quit and never made it past the 2nd day. However, this time was
a little different. I believe I was ready to really quit for
once! This feeling was different and when you are truly ready to
quit, you'll know the feeling too! Sure there are times I really
miss it, but I keep reminding myself that I don't want to die
young. I am 39 years old. I do get the urges, but try to stay
away from things that trigger me until I know I can get past it.
I have a wonderful group of girlfriends that smoke. They haven't
quit yet, but they have been such a great support to me. They
understand that I need to stay away from them for a while until
I can get past my triggers. I do still talk with them on the
phone, but have stayed away from each other in person for now. I
tell my friends IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT! I can't get over
how much better I feel! I can breath, I smell good, My teeth
feel cleaner, my complexion is cleared up. There are so many
pros than cons. Trust me. Try it... You'll like it! FAITH IN GOD
HELPED ME THROUGH THIS TOO!

Kim

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