Wanting to quit
– Fully recognize that nicotine use cannot solve any crisis.Accept the
fact that there is absolutely no legitimate excuse for relapse,
including friction with others,a horrible day, boredom, significant
stress, holidays, alcohol use, an auto accident, financial crisis,
theend of a relationship, job loss, a terrorist attack, a hurricane, an
earthquake, the birth of a baby, or theeventual inevitable death of
those we love most. Try and visualize yourself not smoking or using
oralnicotine products through each and every step needed to overcome
the most difficult challenge yourmind can possibly imagine. Yes you can!
Conscious Thought Fixation - Unlike a less than three-minute subconscious crave episode, we canconsciously fixate on any thought of wanting to smoke, chew or suck nicotine for as long as we are able to maintain focus and concentration. Do not try to run or hide from rationalizations of “wanting”but instead place each thought under honest light. Nicotine Flavor? There are zero taste buds inside humanlungs. Just one puff, dip or chew? For us nicotine addicts, one is too many and a thousand neverenough. Treat nicotine dependency recovery as if it were no different than alcoholism. Do not debatewith yourself about wanting "just one." Instead, ask yourself how you would feel about going back to"all of them," back to your old level of consumption or greater. Time for a reward? If it were to happen,your brain's pay-attention pathways would not allow you to forget the dopamine explosion that nicotinejust caused inside your brain. Why reward yourself with total defeat? Like, love? Isn’t that what drugaddiction is all about, a chemical being elevated to being more important than life itself. Tear downyour wall of denial.
Conscious Thought Fixation - Unlike a less than three-minute subconscious crave episode, we canconsciously fixate on any thought of wanting to smoke, chew or suck nicotine for as long as we are able to maintain focus and concentration. Do not try to run or hide from rationalizations of “wanting”but instead place each thought under honest light. Nicotine Flavor? There are zero taste buds inside humanlungs. Just one puff, dip or chew? For us nicotine addicts, one is too many and a thousand neverenough. Treat nicotine dependency recovery as if it were no different than alcoholism. Do not debatewith yourself about wanting "just one." Instead, ask yourself how you would feel about going back to"all of them," back to your old level of consumption or greater. Time for a reward? If it were to happen,your brain's pay-attention pathways would not allow you to forget the dopamine explosion that nicotinejust caused inside your brain. Why reward yourself with total defeat? Like, love? Isn’t that what drugaddiction is all about, a chemical being elevated to being more important than life itself. Tear downyour wall of denial.
