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As a happy non-nicotine addict, you’ll enjoy the good times more. You’ll feel more relaxed without nicotine withdrawal, you won’t have the anxiety of making sure you’re stocked up with nicotine, you won’t have to worry about spoiling the enjoyment of other people by blowing foul smoke, vape or stale breath in their face… plus, you’ll have the immense satisfaction of knowing that you are free from the awful slavery of the nicotine addict.
Remind yourself of everything you stand to gain and of everything you now know about the smoking myths and illusions and the brainwashing that creates them.
Smoking or vaping or any other form of nicotine consumption doesn’t relieve your craving; it causes it Nicotine doesn’t ease stress; it is a major cause of stress You don’t control nicotine; it controls you
No one wants to spend the rest of their life feeling the way a nicotine addict feels when they can’t have their drug and this is why they fear the thought of becoming free. What they don’t realize is that it’s nicotine that causes the feeling and the only way to be completely rid of it is to stop taking the drug.
The fear of not being able to smoke is completely illogical. It is a fear based on your imagination, which is clouded by illusions. People who don’t smoke don’t suffer with it at all.
Easyway removes the fear by showing you that there is nothing to fear, there is no sacrifice, no deprivation, no pain or discomfort whatsoever. Nicotine does absolutely nothing for you at all and when you stop, all the things you think you’re going to miss evaporate.
Smoking, vaping or using any nicotine product does absolutely nothing for you. You must understand why this is. That way you will have no feeling of deprivation.
If you understand that something has absolutely nothing to offer you, it takes no effort whatsoever to abstain from
If after you quit you ever feel that you’re having that ‘I want a cigarette’ thought, please don’t worry. After years of smoking, it wouldn’t be surprising. Remember, it’s just like spotting a bit of fluff out of the corner of your eye on your shoulder. Just brush it off and don’t let it send you into a panic.
So get it perfectly clear in your mind: The cigarette is not your friend and never has been. Nicotine in any form is not your friend and never has been. It has done absolutely nothing for you, ever, but it has harmed you constantly since the day you first started. It is your worst enemy and you are sacrificing nothing by cutting it out of your life, just making fantastic positive gains.
You could recognize the cigarette and nicotine for the evil enemy that it really is. Then you need neither crave a cigarette, nor wait for anything to happen. Instead, whenever the thought of smoking enters your head, you can rejoice: ‘Hurrah! I’m a non-smoker!’
During the first few days after your final cigarette, the Little Monster will be crying out, sending messages to your brain that it wants you to interpret as ‘I want a cigarette.’ Now that you understand the true picture, instead of feeling compelled to smoke, or feeling uptight because you can’t, you know there’s no need to panic. Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath and simply brush it away as if it were a piece of fluff on your shoulder.
All smokers have their own powerful reasons for wanting to quit, but they are afraid of what they’re going to miss if they become a non-smoker. When you quit, and realize you’re not missing anything, you appreciate the greatest gain of all: escape from the slavery.
Get this clear in your mind: nothing bad is happening here. You’ll be missing out on nothing other than a lifetime of misery.
The panic of withdrawal is all in the mind. It’s the Big Monster that ties you in knots, makes you fidget and sends you racing to the corner shop late at night to make sure you’re well stocked up. There is no physical pain.
It’s the same situation when you board a plane. You have certainty. You know you’re not going to be allowed to smoke for the next few hours, so you stop worrying about it.
So, if that ‘IWAC’ thought pops into your mind once you’ve quit, and it momentarily triggers the ‘Aaargh’ feeling, don’t panic. Be cool, welcome it, rebalance yourself and think: ‘YIPPEE – I’m free.’
There is absolutely no reason to continue to smoke or take nicotine in any form
Quit for the best reason of all: your own happiness. It’s you who is getting free, you who is rediscovering the genuine pleasures in life, you who is shaking off the shackles of slavery. As a smoker, you lose your grasp of many of the feelings that make life a joy: feeling healthy, energetic, guilt-free, unstressed, in control, happy.
As a non-smoker, you will rediscover all these feelings and you will wonder how you ever feared life without cigarettes.
R: Rejoice! This is a momentous day. There is nothing to give up but there are many fabulous gains to make. A: Advice Smokers and non-smokers alike offer it all the time. Ignore it if it conflicts with anything you’ve learned in this book. T: Timing Why wait to get free? The ideal time to quit is now. I: Immediate There is nothing to wait for when you quit with Easyway. You become a happy non-smoker the instant you stub out your final cigarette. O: One Cigarette There is no such thing as ‘just the one’. One cigarette is all it takes to drag you back into the nicotine trap. N: Never Again This
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You are taking a big leap, but you’re not leaping blind. You are completely certain that what you’re leaving behind is nothing but misery, degradation, filth and slavery.
Never doubt your decision: never be in any doubt over your decision to quit; you know it’s the right one. If you find yourself thinking ‘I want a cigarette’, don’t panic. Remember the parking place analogy. The feeling is just an echo from your smoking days. That’s a wonderful moment to remind yourself how lucky you are to be free. A moment when you brush that piece of fluff off your shoulder and smile and enjoy the death throes of the little monster.
