…is still in progress.
I finished reading the book (The Only Way To Stop Smoking Permanently) last night, went through the Final Cigarette ritual, and am now an ex-smoker. I’m feeling confident it’ll last this time. My main enemy is boredom, as it can’t be the stress that made me smoke, my life is so incredibly un-stressful. The book did a good job of changing my perspective on the various aspects of smoking, and some narrow-minded people could probably do with reading it to be honest, explode their pre-conceptions about smoking. Seriously, I know the health risks better than anyone, all smokers do. There’s no need to continuously go on about how I’ll have a heart-attack, I fucking know, ok? The fear of giving up outweighs lung cancer or heart attacks in a smokers mind simply because the fear of giving up is right now, the fear of lung cancer is way off in the future, and even then it may not happen. A smoker will grasp any straw or twist any fact to just have one more cigarette. But there’s no such thing as one cigarette. Smoking one will trigger the need for the next one, then the whole chain will repeat. I’ve lived in this body that has had 17 years of smoking inflicted upon it, I know how it has affected me. I’m still fucking strong, and I can only get stronger now.
It was funny – there was this item on This Morning about smoking yesterday, where so called “experts” gave advice about “giving up” smoking. “Experts” who’ve never smoked in their lives and have no idea how smoking affects you psychologically. Also: “Giving up”. That implies some kind of genuine sacrifice must be made when you stop smoking, but in reality there really isn’t any kind of sacrifice made. As soon as it ended I went out and had a cigarette, knowing full well their advice was wrong. They also advised using nicotine substitutes – they just keep the little nicotine monster alive, which in turn keeps the massive psychological monster in your head alive. Kill them both by simply never smoking again. Simple.
I urge any smokers to read the Easyway book. Stop now, before you die.
