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 In preface to this article, I would like to say that this is a rather lengthy piece which digs deeply and passionately into the core of addiction. There is more to this article than just information on how to release one’s self from the bonds that keep them inhaling offensive and deadly toxins.

At the end of this article are the tools which will help any smoker cease the habit within days, and free their mind from the bonds of this intemperately self-destructive vice. If the technique is followed faithfully, any cigarette smoker who possesses the ability to be honest with their self, and has a true desire to quit, will soon be certain that they will never smoke again. However, this technique is only for those who want to quit smoking. This does not mean that one need be entirely fed up with the habit, or tired of the many negative effects it engenders. Just truly have a desire to quit…for any reason. The best reason may well be that one has done some research and realizes that cigarette smoking is dangerous, and will likely bring them to an untimely death.

Moreover, I created and used this technique while I was still incredibly fond of the habit…and severely addicted. What I realized, however, was that it was affecting other portions of my life as well. I also realized that there are many parents who are living very irresponsibly, and are shirking their role as a long term influence in their families’ life by putting themselves at risk of dying in their early twilight years from some organ failure or lung ailment caused by cigarette smoking.

Not only does this remove them from their children’s and grandchildren’s lives at a point when they possess the best experiential knowledge and wisdom to impart, it typically causes an added burden, and expense, to a soon to be grieving family, with expensive treatments, extended hospitalizations, and slow painful, untimely deaths.

Some may certainly opt to skim this lengthy article and move on to the techniques at the end, and I probably would not blame them. However, the information in the article is crucial to a full understanding of how to implement the techniques properly, and will help anyone who is willing, to easily succeed in the same way I did. To be perfectly clear; I was a pack-a-day smoker who thought he could never live without it, and I quit in less than a week. By the third day…I knew beyond shadow of doubt that I would never, ever, smoke another cigarette as long as I lived.

That was almost ten years ago now, and I do not miss them in any way whatsoever…

Enjoy the article, and the rest of your life as a more positive, enlightened and courageous person, when you are done…and don’t forget to pass it on to anyone who will listen. !FREEDOM!

Smoking Cessation: A Journey to Freedom.

There are many causalities and consequences to consider when ingesting into the body some foreign and destructive favor. Moreover, in determining what are accurate interpretations of these distinctions, with relevance to logical assessments regarding general health practices, one must first take all personal prioritizations into account.

Whatever one favors most, must forever be questioned with equal and opposite temperance. Moreover, whatever one favors least, must be acquitted of all irreverence.

That said (rather tacitly), I would like to take a moment to recount a recent experience, reflective of many other encounters over the past few years, which appears to imply there is a growing health awareness gripping an increasing number of people in America. Unfortunately, this awareness is demonstrably losing ground to addiction, even among a veritable tidal wave of consternated citizens demanding legislators enact laws prohibiting smoking in public places to defend against suffocating assaults from second-hand-smoke.

A few weeks ago, while inquiring of an attractive young woman, about her smoking habit, I was rather surprised by her responses. She reacted with what appears to have become the latest in an emerging freshened-air of culpability, and compassion, fanning out among many of today’s cigarette smokers; which she displayed with exceptional candor in the face of this author’s ever investigative approach.

She was quite perceptive, and replied rather sympathetically to invasive questions concerning her feelings about the possibility that there are plenty of people offended by even the occasional smoker indulging on open public sidewalks. She did not react with the convivial sarcasm many smokers do when apprised of the fact that these are sidewalks where others (non smokers) are breathing what can sometimes, suddenly, be anything but fresh air, and often a toxic concentration of acrid vapors exhaled directly at them.

She was pleasantly approachable, and even proffered an explanation for her smoking, as she courageously exposed personal interactions with her therapist, concerning an alcohol dependence. She complained that, although she wanted to quit smoking, her therapist had suggested that she continue the habit for at least a year while she was overcoming alcoholism.

This advice is not new, and there are various organizations and professionals which will suggest this type of therapeutic obfuscation. However, this certainly is not the best in constructive, or truly effective, remedies, and can often lead to stronger habitual proclivities ingrained by misinterpreted lucidity.

Professional therapists who suggest their patients supplant one corrosive behavior to oppose another, could seemingly border on malpractice, since the Hippocratic Oath demands all medical practitioners “first do no harm”. Before any substitution can be considered a suitable deterrent, its primary features must be absent of negative effects, not merely white-washed by their presumed effectiveness. Truly, in such cases, the ends rarely justifies the means.

While statistics prove there are many destructive facets defining the theatre of alcohol abuse, the physically pervasive nature of this affliction places it in a realm entirely separate from cigarette smoking. Moreover, alcohol consumption can be easily controlled, and harmlessly enjoyed, by many well adjusted individuals, and is also known to have various health benefits when used sparingly.

Conversely, inhaling even one of the highly-toxic offerings sold by most tobacco companies these days, indefensibly abuses the body in a number of ways. There are no physically beneficial attributes to smoking tobacco, and habitually indulging in this act is 98% psychological.

This is important to understand because conditioned responses are a large part of the mental addiction to smoking cigarettes, as with many of today’s obsessive tendencies. Fortunately they are all easily overcome by unlocking solutions whith properly functioning equations.

What is imperative to truly understanding the nature of cigarette addiction, is recognizing that there are, for each smoker, a plethora of personal reasons why they smoke, and all of them are unmistakably unique to each smoker. These reasons are also considerably utilitarian in nature, regardless of how silly or illogical they may be. Furthermore, the most crucially contextual aspect determining successful abrogation of this habit, is the realization that “quitting smoking”, in and of itself…is not actually possible, per se.

No, one needn’t worry, this statement is not some pedantic philosophy meant to confuse readers. On the contrary, it is a very practical and informative concept which can be applied wisely to many areas of everyday life, as will be explained in this article.

Smoking, per se, is "impossible to quit” because it is not the problem. This activity is only enabled by a proclivity to ignore the equation. When one recognizes this, and then seeks to engage the equation which enables their addiction to cigarettes, they inevitably realize that a simple yet convoluted, and intricately confusing, web of silly spectacles (created by a collage of suggestions) is all that is truly controling them. Suddenly, the bars of the prison can become very vivid, and are easily grasped. Opening the proverbial door of the cell, then becomes rudimentary.

Availing one’s self of the full advantage of this powerful and liberating concept, requires accepting the fact that there are only solutions in this world, while at the same time realizing that a tendency to consider even one of these, nearly infinitesimal, tangibles of the Universe to be a problem rather than a solution, indelibly prevents crucial recognition of what are an equal number of equations.

Recognizing the equations, and proper distinctions

Invariably, smokers all across the planet, whenever asked, will admit that this offensive habit is one of their biggest problems. However, their lamentable vice is no more a problem than the Earth is flat. The truth is that smoking is a solution. Regardless of how negative or deadly the habit may be, it is still a solution.

When people make the mistake of labeling something a problem, or attempt to demonize it, they then begin to ignore the cause, and instead concentrate on the effect. In the realm of smoking cessation people are incessantly taught to focus on the solution, and propose to change that solution, while typically ignoring the equation.

Lets suggest for a moment that A + B = C, and that the value of C is equal to smoking. No matter how much one may dislike C, and insist that it is D (equal to non-smoking), or even take great strides attempting to erase C and change it to D; as soon as that person is not obsessing or concentrating on the decision to consider it D, the solution follows the equation, changing directly and logically back to C. The only way to change C is to engage A, and or B.

What this means, within existential physics of course, is that to become a non smoker, one must actually change their life. More to the point, is that the act of truly confronting the many denials and contrived mendacities enabling this vain and self-destructive habit, will change anybody’s life, even in ways not directly affected by smoking.

Unfortunately, what nearly every smoker fears most, is the uncertainty connected to giving up the contorted world which must certainly be discarded when stinky “old faithful” finally goes into the waste basket where it belongs…for good.

Courage or Fear?

One very pervasive human indecency infecting much of the planet, is a proclivity for morbidity engendered by egomaniacal carelessness manifest among many in society who are incessant of pretending they are physically courageous, without actually committing themselves to the honor and morality that creates it. These people will go to great lengths attempting to prove this delusional fearlessness in increasingly detached and fantastical forms meant to prove their courage, just so long as they don’t have to actually be courageous; even to the point of slowly committing suicide with a pack-a-day habit that spit’s in the face of death like some Alfred E Newman wannabe.

To be perfectly clear; there is no such thing as physical courage...only moral courage. If one has not a morally centered intellectual courage sustained by honor, respect and love for all mankind, then they truly have no courage, and no amount of muscle flexing, cigar chomping, gun toting, blood-shedding or flag-waving machismo can ever substitute it.

Moral courage is what enables a person to admit their fears, and release them into the proverbial cosmos, so to speak, then allowing incredible levels of true physical courage if necessary. However, sometimes the act of running from a physical confrontation can show indelibly more courage than staying and possibly killing somebody senslessly. Conversely, physical courage absent of morality, is typically controlled or created by fear, and is what allows one to defy all reasoning and remain in an illogical, and often unsustainable, environment typically because they refuse to take the chance of steppipng into the truly unknown...where control is negligible, or even non-existent.

Fear and pressure begin the habit.

Every smoker on this planet knows that their habit did not begin with some compatibly ordained circumstance intrinsic to human life. Nor did it develop out of a creatively functioning desire to survive or succeed; nor from any other respectable event. All smokers began their tooth-stained trip down butt-can-lane at the behest of some pressure driving them to seek acceptance, or some fear of being left out or missing out. Or some other coercion, defying the incalculable risk they were then convinced to subject themselves to; and it wasn’t easy for anyone. Invariably all smokers first had to choke, gag and nearly suffocate on their first few cigarettes as their buzzing head attempted to catch up with their spinning eyes.

Disrespecting the body.

One of the first things any smoker must realize, before they begin to employ the techniques outlined at the end of this article, is the fact that the only way one is able to smoke cigarettes, is by ignoring one’s own health. This requires denying intrinsic human responsibilities, and personally choosing to disrespect their body in such a way as to create an obsession so deep, one will actually risk their entire existence for a mere rusty nail.

There is not a cigarette smoker on this planet who truly respects their self. This is why “quitting smoking”, as it is generally defined, is impossible. The solution is not “quitting smoking“, the solution is engaging the equation which allows one to respect their self, and practice the behaviors which further this aim on a daily basis.

True causes, and false claims.

Smokers rarely, if ever, seek what causes them to smoke cigarettes, and instead follow the assumption that it is merely a simple addiction to Nicotine. This is a contrived notion born of ignorance which is typically exacerbated by deceptive marketing techniques. Tobacco companies have co-opted many uscrupulous or ignorantly pedantic medical professionals for the purpose of exploiting, or even creating, various forms of misinformation. Their aims were to increase the levels of obsession, by claiming added chemicals were scientifically designed to addict smokers, rather than address the underlying manipulations caused by savvy media techniques (in all types of movies and commercials) which were contrived to draw smokers to the habit by expanding its sociological applications. Moreover, in the arena of smoking, with respect to addiction and cessation, there are a plethora of irrational and absurd claims, amid a dearth of credibly researched data.

One of these claims, a lamentable and ironically effective marketing tool, is the assertion that smoking is somehow likened to an opiate addiction. Some professionals in the medical industry have even had the audacity to claim smoking is actually more addictive than heroin. The fact is that the only reason smoking appears to be so addictive, is because it is infused (or coupled) with an incredibly pervasive mind-game, often controlled by hundreds of levels of cerebrally stimulating sociological manipulations which have very little, if anything, to do with Nicotine stimulation, except that the effects produced from the many chemicals in cigarettes are eventually inexorably associated with the fixation of “lighting up”.

One of the most important facts all smokers need to realize, is that they are being conned. And not just being merely duped into buying some derelict product, but incredulously fooled into living, and dying, a complete lie!

Drug addiction versus cigarette addiction.

Drug addictions are rarely as complex and invasive as cigarette addiction. While, it is true that an addiction to illicit drugs, or alcohol, is significantly stronger than an addiction to cigarettes, controlled substances typically engender obsessive behaviors which predominantly focus on indulging in the various escapes they offer, or the pain killing effects they deliver. Smoking cigarettes does not allow this, and thus must delve much deeper into the psyche, generally serving multiple purposes which are actually developed, over time, by the person who is engaging in the action.

Drugs and alcohol are certainly tenacious instigators of addiction, however, their meager confluence and lack of versatility create a significantly more transparent diagnosis. Moreover, aside from contemporary research detailing the deadly effects of cigarette smoking, drug and alcohol abuses exhibit much more apparent manifestations of terminal prognoses.

What is extremely telling in the arena of cigarette smoking, is the fact that a large number of people who smoke (especially women) will rarely finish an entire cigarette, and it becomes quite obvious that they no longer physically enjoy the habit, yet they continue to smoke. This was one of the first observations that helped me to realize that smoking had much less to do with the physical pleasure, or the Nicotine addiction, than it did with the mental prison most smokers, unwittingly or not, elect to constantly place themselves within.

The positive truth, negative misconceptions and avoiding the gimmicks.

Fortunately, all of this data exposes the undeniable truth that smoking cessation is actually quite easy to accomplish. It merely requires selective techniques specifically designed to expose and counter the many self-imposed stimuli created, while employing simple, yet effective, tools which enable distinct and comprehensive assessment of the many concerns unique to any particular smoker.

The indelibly common nature controlling every smoker’s habit, is a plausibly deniable repertoire of acceptance-based character imprints which are impressionably created (or coerced) to represent whatever images appear congruent with one’s cigarette fixation. This fixation can elicit anywhere from 30 to 300 mental delineations of one’s redefined, or superimposed, self, and all of these veritable portraits are as personal and unique as a fingerprint. This is why there is no blanket, single dimension cure-all, that can successfully treat people “across the board“. A Nicotine patch will never do the job because this type of prescient and perversely ignorant technique, not only ignores the true underlying causes, it denies the fact that Nicotine is not really even on the list.

While it is true that some people can quit the habit merely by recognizing it is the logical and healthy thing to do, this does not necessarily indicate that they have some superiorly unobtainable character, or that they do not require the intricacies of the techniques outlined in this article. It simply means that they have the ability to employ the techniques in an expedited manner due to a prodigious disposition enabling them to quickly recognize any inherent misconceptions, or delusions, of obsession. This honest evaluation then allows them to logically choose to discharge whatever mental maladies have been created, in favor of more equitable thinking patterns congruent with cessation.

Regardless of how so many people degenerated to the current level of apathetic lethargy and lack of self-respect…sucking heated poisonous smoke into their lungs, the only logical thing to do is recognize it for what it is, and have the courage to own up to it and change it. One thing all people can take to the bank, is the claim by this author that the rewards for truly tackling, and changing, the underlying issues of cigarette addiction are nothing short of incredibly empowering, unimaginably educating, indefatigably liberating and masterfully life-changing.

Time to get personal…

HERE IS THE TECHNIQUE:

Basically, this technique is quite simple. What is imperative to successful abrogation, is employing it with a full knowledge of the realities and revelations contained in this article.

You must begin by searching your soul and preparing yourself to be completely honest…to the point of embarrassment or even personal mortification if necessary!

It is crucial to understand that the easiest person to lie to…is yourself. Essentially because there is nobody for you to argue with, and there is meager chance for an alternative perspective. Even someone with multiple personalities would never seek solutions beyond the validations which created them.

Therefore, you must make every effort to be completely honest with yourself and meticulously faithful to the process. It is necessary to patiently inspect your smoking habit with stark attention to detail, and determine each and every reason why you smoke cigarettes.

There will likely be many reasons…MANY. Remember that the reasons why you smoke will be specific to your own perceptions and convictions, and are typically manifest through related fears and desires. Even if many other peoples’ reasons appear identical, that is just a coincidence, and all care must be taken to personalize your own discoveries. Each smoker places their reasons at different levels of importance which are specific to their learned or contrived concerns. Therefore, no two smokers are the same.

For example, some of my reasons were: "I thought I looked cool like James Dean. I thought it made me appear tough at times. I liked the act of buying them. It gave me something to do. It was a conversation tool. It was an icebreaker. I wanted to impress various people with various brands. I thought there were different ingredients in different brands that would assist me with various maladies. I hated myself. I did not respect myself. It excused other bad habits. It took my mind off of more important matters and world events. It allowed me to believe I had a personal stress inhibitor. It allowed me to ignore myself." Etc…(my list was very long). Also, some of them were embarrassing enough that I do not care to include them in this list, however, I think you get the point.

It is absolutely imperative that you write them down in a block format, such as one would do if they were writing the reasons on cards and laying them out on a table. It is critical to the process that they not be labeled in any order. There is no bottom of the list, nor top of the list because they are ALL very important reasons. A list in any assumable consecutive order typically causes the creator to consider the order of the list to be relevant. This can confuse the process and make it extremely difficult for many people to complete the list…or properly address its contents.

Take as much time as you need, it is imperative to expose them all; even if it takes an entire month, this full disclosure is what will guarantee your success. Actually, a month at this level could likely expedite the process once you begin to actually put the technique into practice, because you may have already begun to discard some of the manipulative misconceptions you discover. (Regardless of the fact that I quit in three days, I was researching and cataloguing the reasons why I smoked for somewhere near two weeks.)

Note: It is best not to actually write the reasons on cards because they could get lost or misplaced. If you write them down, and then simply draw an X through them as you "discard" them from your psyche, they help to keep you focused along the journey, and they also become empowering tools which display your progress and assist you in overcoming some of the more difficult ones you have yet to cross out.

I cannot stress enough that you must be completely honest.

This is a critical journey to the inner-self, where (with proper guidance…’wink’) you will eventually reach an unmistakable plateau which is quite easily recognized by the liberating levity it engenders; as the lights come on…the weight is lifted, and the new voice in this intimately revealing journey whispers like a song on the wind now caressing your soul. You will feel it…you will know when you have reached the end of your list. You will look at your paper…or papers (I had three)…and see that your sincerity and perserverance has released them all, like writhing beasts, onto the page.

Now it is time to begin the healing…

It is time to start coming to terms with the many reasons why you smoke; the many excuses you use to justify ignoring yourself…beating yourself…kidding yourself…conning yourself…denying yourself…destroying yourself…hiding yourself…exploiting yourself...selling yourself...or even pretending you're someone else. It is now time to avail yourself of the courage you possess, and let them go…and walk through that door into the unknown. Not cowed or bent by fear and manipulation, but tall and strong in a new and healthy mind. Ready to seek what innovative and creative abilities this fresh, healthy, unencumbered consciousness can, and certainly will, lead you to.

Start with whatever ones you wish. The easiest ones are perfect to get the ball rolling. As you release them, and cross them out, it will encourage and empower you. There will be plenty of easy things on the page which you can select from, and you will recognize them as the vain and deceptive things you would never dream of not changing once you have had the courage to admit them to yourself. You can typically release these from your psyche as easily as turning over a card. These “easy ones” are also the illogical and prescient banalities most people subscribe to, so take the time and courage to see them for what they are...and laugh at yourself a bit (go ahead, I did).

What also may happen, is that you will begin let go of a few covert, or hidden, protections or paranoia’s which may have been causing some self loathing; just an added bonus engendered by this process.

The power this creates within you will be a bit intoxicating for awhile, and over time you will notice many changes in the way you perceive the world around you. Your unique personality will become more forceful, and people will begin to look at you differently...as the journey to a more confident and contented existence unfurls.

It is very likely that you will know you have quit smoking before you have crossed every “reason” off of the list, but don’t forget to engage and expunge each and every one of them. Take as much time as is necessary to clean them all out, but don’t merely ignore the remaining ones simply because you have overcome your compulsion.

This is basically the crux of the technique, and once you have mastered the process, releasing the obsession is a snap, and a new you will emerge. The most difficult thing will likely be; avoiding annoying people who are not quite as exhuberant about self improvement (yours and the world around you), as you have become.

Thank you for reading this article, and for taking the time to put some of these personal improvement tools into practice. This world is a better place for you being in it, and the human species is enhanced by your presence. Rock On…!FREEDOM!