Here are some reasons some have tried this procedure and failed miserably! Yes, it does happen, BUT there is always a reason for that failure and mostly you can do a lot to change the outcome and not just fall into your old ways or habits!

• Friends who do not support, care or want you to quit
• No real desire to quit

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Here is a list of things you need to think about when you are wanting to quit smoking. It is kind of a synopsis of what has been said so far in these posts (look at the category "Painless Way to Quit Smoking series" to see all the previous posts).

• Breathe, relax, release tension, concentrate on something else
• Do not be taken in by the pre-conditioning of smoking advertising, glitz and glamour – that is false and misleading – cut to its core, be critical and ask questions about itFace the facts that smoking has harmful aftereffects
• Gain skills and establish your new habits and pre-conditioning to help you STOP SMOKING FOR GOOD!
• Practice your NEW SYSTEM often and daily
• Practice your self-hypnosis routine every night to establish the new attitude.
• Realize that it will take time – up to 7-10 days or more even
• Replace satisfaction, gratification with other rewards and dynamics
• Smoking is both physical and mental and psychological!
• Substitute new habits for old
• The why and how of lighting up – why you “need” it
• Utilize positive thoughts and suggestions to assist you, new routines, habits and patterns will help you succeed
• Visualize and claim success
• You need to be aware of what you do
• You need to understand stimulus-response habits and patterns in your own routines and behaviors, choices and actions, including smoking
• Your established habits and patterns

The next post will list a bunch of reasons why you might fail. It's important to know what might keep you from succeeding so you can be prepared to win.

Have you ever thought how smoking a cigarette is not really relaxing? Your mind might think smoking is relaxing, but it is really not. Your mind is fooling you.

Smoking does not relax you, and it takes life instead of giving life. So instead of lighting up a cigarette, try something that really does relax you and is not harmful to your body. The breathing exercise mentioned before in an earlier post is a good substitute when you are working to quit smoking.

Positive thoughts and affirmations all work together to make the picture complete. Combined with deep breathing, concentration and envisioning activity you will be off the habit, kicking it to the curb sooner than you think.

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