Ok, I'm going to try this one more time. I can't copy and paste anything here, so I'm hoping I won't lose this list after typing it - again! I'd like to give credit to whoever put this list together, but can't remember who it was for sure. I think it was either Pen or Duffis. I used to take this list with me when I knew I was going to be in a situation where I might be tempted to light up. I'd take it out and read it, repeating key phrases, until the desire to smoke passed. I know that most people don't read at parties, concerts, bars, or sugar shacks, but it saved my quit a number of times. I hope it will be helpful to others
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I WILL NEVER TAKE ANOTHER DRAG!!!!
Smoking is for weak people and I am not a weak person
I refuse to be a slave to addiction
Visualize and repeat your top three reasons for quitting
Watch 1 minute go by and remember that 10 people died from smoking in that 1 minute and one of them could be you if you smoke that cigarette
Write down and repeat to yourself the names of people you will hurt if you go back to smoking
Look up, write down, and repeat to yourself the definition of nicotine
Write down and repeat any people you know who have died from smoking or are likely to
Look up and repeat all the deadly chemicals in cigarettes
Inhale as deeply as you can and then hold it for a few seconds. Without exhaling, take another breath, and then another. This is what it feels like to have emphysema
Plan your next milestone reward
Write in your journal or read what it was like during those first tough days. Don't make yourself go through that again
Write down what you will do with 15 extra years of life
Tell yourself it is a great achievement to have come this far and you will not undo it because you can't handle a few minutes of anxiety
I will let got of things I cannot control
I am healthy, vital, and strong
There is nothing in the world I cannot handle
All my needs are met
I am completely and utterly safe
Every day and in every way I am getting stronger
I do not need cigarettes
I am a non-smoke
I am simply creating new habits which do not include smoking
It's better to be an ex-smoker with an occasional desire to smoke than a smoker with a constant desire to stop
I DON'T SMOKE!
This craving will pass whether I smoke or not
Some day I'll find it hard to believe that I ever smoked
I'm a puff away from a pack a day
"TO QUIT QUITTING" is not an option
"JUST ONE" is not an option
I will confront my cravings head and win every time. This craving can't kill me, make me bleed, hurt my family or last more than a few minutes
