Free Stop Smoking System

As someone who spent a whole lot of years hooked on tobacco and at the same time obscessed with getting free of it, I love helping others find the freedom and sense of calm that comes with letting it go. A big part of it is coming to grips with reality.

Do you really want to stop smoking? Or are you just fooling around with the same old stuff that you already know doesn't work?

These days, there is so much garbage out there that pretends to be of help to smokers who want to quit. It's just sad that there is such a huge market of desperate people who buy into the myths of quick and easy. One of the absolutely insane things--for the vast majority, at least---is NRT: Nicotine Replacement Therapy. The idea is that you can break free from the addiction to nicotine by simply finding different ways to put it in your body: inhalers, skin patches, and gum. A few years ago they even had nicotine suppositories. Yep, you put em up your butt. How poetically appropriate.

When I smoked, I was so intent on finding a way to quit that I consulted with professionals from a wide variety of fields to help me get it done. Back in the '90s, after 4+ years of research, I got it done. And I helped enough other people using these methods that I decided to create a program to reach more people. I now make that program available for free download. No strings.

While I make optional audio material available at very low cost, the 85-page manual and the free audio intro are so loaded with valuable ideas for quitting smokers that these alone can be all some will need to let go of tobacco for good.

I will occasionally offer excerpts from the free manual on these hubpages.What I am going to offer you now is my list of top 10 tips for people who want to quit. It is very unlike any other list on the topic that you will find. If it speaks to you, I invite you to take action.

My Top Ten Stop Smoking Tips

(1) Decide you are going to do it. Make that choice important. Nothing is more important than this in getting free.

(2) Take responsibility for enslaving yourself, recognizing that you also are able to free yourself.

(3) Before you have your last cigarette, wean yourself off coffee and other beverages that have caffeine in them. There are multiple reasons to do this that are found in the free manual at http://freestopsmokingsystem.com/free-downloads/

(4) Make a plan and decide to follow it. Cold turkey without a plan is for people who really do not want to quit.

(5) If you’ve fallen off the wagon, put a smile on your face and get back on it with a plan. Never get discouraged!

(6) When you find yourself wanting a cigarette, take three long, deep breaths. Not only does the oxygen you’ll get calm you, but this actually pushes any residual nicotine that is in your lungs into your bloodstream, giving you something of a “fix”. Experiment with this one frequently, please.

(7) If you’ve got a big-time craving, rather than assuming that it is a craving for a cigarette, act as if it is a craving for something else like a glass of water or a deep breath. Indulge that craving and wait a minute or two. How do you feel now.

(8) Minimize all sugar and “crunchy carbs” like pretzels and potato chips. All potatoes, too. Those carbs turn into sugar. And while sugar gives you a very short-term lift, it drops you like a bomb and then creates cravings for more of it, cravings that you may think are just about having a cigarette.

(9) Respond to any craving with body movement: stretch, exercise, twist, jump on a trampoline, whatever it takes. Disclaimer that my lawyer says is important: Do this with awareness of what your body can and cannot do--- before implementing this check idea, with your doctor if you have any health issues.

(10) Develop self-trust. Make a daily list of things you intend to do in a given day, putting nothing on the list that you are not committed to doing. Make this doable, not too challenging. Check off items on your list as you complete them.

Please experiment with these ideas. The ones you are most resistant too are quite likely the ones that offer the most benefit to you.

New hubs will be added at least twice monthly.  Your comments are appreciated.  Just keep it clean!