What is your number one excuse for not quitting?
Today I just have a simple question for you and a few suggestions from my personal experiences. I want to find out what the number one excuse is that keeps you from quitting smoking?
Ask yourself this question:
Why have I not quit smoking until now?
Im expecting an answer that goes something like this:
I have not quit smoking until now because, every time I quit, I go back home and see my spouse smoking, or at work my colleagues invite me for a smoke break even when they know I am trying to quit so I break down and can’t resist the temptation.
Or even
I still have not quit even though I know its bad, because I have never ever tried to quit.
Answers like the ones below are really not answers:
1. I am addicted or I am an addict is not an answer, all smokers are hooked on the stuff thats why they struggle to quit (duh)!!!
2. I start craving for them, trust me I craved and felt like crying at times watching the person next to me smoke and just knowing I cant smoke.
The whole purpose of this is to find the weak spot that gets you to go back, hopefully we can go from there to find something to aid you quit. I sincerely want to help you find that answer to help you quit smoking.
I intend to create an application of some sorts that can help you overcome this weakness, so I am looking for a little data to work on. Your help will be appreciated.
Advice from an ex smoker
Just a few words from an ex-smoker to end this post, I did it and so many others have, so there really is no reason why you cant.
I honestly believe hypnosis can help, clinical tests even prove this to be true see this link (Hypnosis increases your chances of quitting by 66%).
This is why I have included a quit smoking hypnosis audio program under the free quit smoking aids section. I actually used this myself and let me share with you why I know this works.
I listened to it a couple of times and then tried quitting. Every time I found myself in a situation where I was craving I would take a deep breath and exhale by blowing the steam out slowly. This is behavior I have never done before, I suspected the hypnosis may have worked and listened to it without falling asleep or relaxing as you are told.
I wanted to listen to what suggestions were being made, turns out that one of the suggestions was to take a deep breath and blow it out slowly every time you find yourself in a situation where you feel vulnerable. It didn’t take away the craving but it made it that much more bearable so I managed to stay quit long enough to have quit for good.
I was amazed it worked, of course you got to listen to it at least once a day for 30 days, especially if you are the skeptical type. I did 2 sessions daily for 2 weeks to see these results.
There really is no reason to burn your pockets on any quit smoking products to quit, a combination of hypnosis with a little will to end the habit of smoking from your side is all you really need.
Good luck and remember you only fail when you give up….don’t give up on quitting!















March 25th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Thanks for the free guide, I really hope it will help me because I don’t know anything else I can do.
April 5th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I read on another blog somewhere that it’s hard to quit smoking if you don’t push yourself out of your comfort zone, because that is exactly what smoking is: a comfort zone. So I pushed myself out of a comfort zone and joined a flash mob who’s message was to quit smoking, it was the most fun I’ve had in years – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDtG22OdOQ
May 18th, 2010 at 1:59 am
thanks u for posting
June 30th, 2010 at 7:03 am
After being a smoker for 15 years, I’ve decided I finally had enough. I’ve been smoke free for 2 weeks now. It really is a mindset and a lifestyle change. And one has to really be ready for a change. Change is always difficult but change is good. The torture in the beginning is worth a lifetime of living guilt free.
August 1st, 2010 at 5:18 am
Good article – well worth the read. I went to this guy hypnotherapist http://www.advancedhypnotherapy.com.au and he got me to stop after 1 visit. I feel much better for it.
August 31st, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I know for me the biggest excuse was that it would make me very depressed and the ironic thing is that the excuse was totally true. Apparently the patches I was using impacted with the anti-depressant medication I was on and I got so depressed the doctor advised me to keep smoking because it was less dangerous to my health than the depression.
Now of course I realize that my depression was my body’s last ditch effort to keep me smoking. Once I realized that and accepted it I was able to stop smoking successfully.