Why quitting smoking is so damn hard?
Come on, let's be honest. The truth is that nobody quits smoking unless they want to. And that's it. When you think that it's the last cigarrete in your life - it is rarely true.
I started smoking at the age of 17. Quite evenings, sitting on the window sill, complete silence and privacy, balming breeze and gorgeously shining sky - a perfect entourage to me to indulge myself into a small sin of taking a smoke. Then two smokes, three, four... and now a complete pack of 20 per day. Amazing. I just got addicted.
Three times I tried to get rid of smoking. And you know what - it was all in vain because it's so damn' easy to get a smoke. Different flavours, different tabacco (mostly residuals) and many people around who smoke. Just perfect.
Each time when I light up a cigarrete it gives me a cognitive dissonance - that awful feeling when you know that you could save some money instead of buying cigarretes and it's obviously bad for your health, but still you light it up. You just crave for that relaxing and satisfying feeling when you inhale, that sweet dopamine which is beeing released in your brain cell receptors, and if you don't keep on feeding them, they get starving over time!
Ok, now let's talk about quitting. I want it and just gave the pack and the lighter to my friend and said her to get rid of them. I made a commitment, I detached myself and now I have to show my strength in order to keep up to it. It will be difficult, however it is even more difficult to suffer from inner dissonance.
So folks, what am I saying here is that if you want to get rid of a bad habbit - just get rid of it! No excuses, no reducing in dosage and neither switching to alternatives. Open up a blank page =)
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Why is Quitting Smoking So Damn Hard? <--- titles need to be capitalized even if in question form. Certain types of words aren't capitalized though.
Come on, let's be honest. The truth is that nobody quits smoking unless they want to. And that's it. When you think that it's the last cigarette in your life - it is rarely true.
I started smoking at the age of 17. Quite evenings, sitting on the windowsill, complete silence and privacy, balming breeze and gorgeously shining sky - the perfect atmosphere/setting for me to indulge myself in the small sin of having a smoke. Then two smokes, three, four... and now a complete pack of 20 per day. Amazing. I just got addicted.
Three times I tried to quit smoking. And you know what - it was all in vain because it's so damn easy to get a smoke from someone. Different flavors (American English spelling), different tobaccos (mostly residuals) and (there are) many people around who smoke. Just perfect.
Each time when I light up a cigarette it gives me a cognitive dissonance - that awful feeling when you know that you could save some money instead of buying cigarettes and it's obviously bad for your health, but still you light it up. You just crave it for that relaxing and satisfying feeling when you inhale, that sweet dopamine which is being released in your brain cell receptors, and if you don't keep on feeding them, they start to starve over time!
Ok, now let's talk about quitting. I want it and just gave the pack and the lighter to my friend and told her to get rid of them. I made a commitment, I detached myself and now I have to show my strength in order to keep it up. It will be difficult, however it is even more difficult to suffer from inner dissonance.
So folks, what am I saying here is that if you want to get rid of a bad habit - just get rid of it! No excuses, no reduction in dosage or switching to alternatives. Open up a blank page =)
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