If you’re anything like me it was fear that kept me from quitting smoking. The fear of having to go through withdrawal, first of all. Three days or so of feeling terrible and wanting a cigarette all the time. Three days of being cranky and moody. Three days of having the people around me almost wishing that I’d start smoking again!
Then there’s the fear of losing something that had been a constant in my life for years. A cigarette was a crutch that I had used for so long to overcome anxiety and stress that I was at a loss for what I would do if confronted with a stressful situation without a cigarette. I rationalized for months that I was better off smoking. That there was a good chance that I would lose my job, family and home in a bizarre string of circumstances that would lead from my actions if I became frustrated from not being able to have a cigarette.
All of these fears kept me from quitting smoking for a long time and my line to friends and family when they would ask me when I was going to quit was always “not today!”
Then the day came when I decided that I didn’t want to be a smoker any longer. I was sick of smelling like a cigarette and I tried. I smoked a cigarette before going to bed and was bound and determined that in the morning I wasn’t going to smoke. I was going to be a non smoker. And do you know what happened? I failed. I failed miserably. I don’t think it was noon before I broke down and was digging through the trash to find the crumpled up pack of smokes that I had thrown in there the night before…under wet coffee grounds was where I found them.
I brushed off the pack and was smoking again. I had tried everything! I tried patches and gums and nicotine gums and I don’t know how many cigarette lights I have thrown out the window in frustration because I had made a decision that I wouldn’t smoke in my car. Yes, the push button built in cigarette light….right out the window. I tried substituting food for cigarettes….candy for cigarettes…I tried just about everything.
I am happy to say that I found success as many others have with “The Easy Quit System”. It really wasn’t all that difficult and there wasn’t the anxiety and cravings that I experienced with quitting “cold turkey”. The thing that tipped the scales for me was the 96% success rate that they have with The Easy Quit System. I am not much of a gambler but I figured those were pretty good odds and if could work for people who had smoked longer and more than I had then I had a pretty good chance of being successful.
I liked the fact that there were no pills involved or gums or anything like that. It was actually pretty easy to quit this time and I am sure that I will be a non-smoker for the rest of my life.
If you’re interested in learning how to quit smoking without the pain of withdrawal go to “The Easy Quit System” Homepage. Find out how you can quit smoking quickly and easily without withdrawal or anxiety.