Quit Smoking In One Day... Is It Real?

I need to stop smoking. These last couple of years, I've overcome a number of addictions, but I never thought I would be able to quit smoking. Who would have thought that it would be so incredibly easy...?

 

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Quit Smoking: Want Vs. Nééd

Every smoker knows: smoking is bad for you. Society doesn't let an opportunity pass to make that clear. But the addiction to nicotine and cigarettes in general, is one of the worst I've personally experienced.

I need to have another surgery in about 2 months, and apparently nicotine is very bad for the healing process. My surgeon advised me to stop smoking, to increase the chance on success.

So, I decided to try and stop smoking.

Easier said than done, though.
One of the things that made it even more difficult is that I háve to. I've learned from people around me that the first condition to succeed in the effort is to wánt to.

Addiction is a weird thing, right? I mean, of course I know smoking is bad for my health. I can not think of a rational reason why I wouldn't want to stop. I'm just addicted. And motivation-wise, there's a huge difference between 'I have to' and 'I want to'.

 

 

A Book?

I had decided to stop smoking a little over three weeks ago.

Just like any other smoker, I kept postponing it, and told myself I would stop ѕmоkіng іn duе time. The holidays were a perfect excuse, lol.

But let's be honest here.... is there any right tіmе tо stop smоkіng? Better today than tomorrow, right?! So three days ago, I decided I had to stop avoiding it and bite the bullet.

Up until a week ago, I wasn't really sure how and where to start. Everybody I came across had his own piece of advice, and I suffered from information overload.

Then one of my friends, who stopped smoking successfully two weeks ago, told me about a book. At first, In was like: 'Yeah, right... a book is not going to help stop the cravings'. In the end, I changed my mind: why not give it a try? If it doesn't work, nothing is lost. If it does, it's a winner.

In the past, I had read another book by the same author, and that had been a real eye opener. 'Addicted to love: the path to self-acceptance and happiness in relationships' had taught me a couple of important lessons, so I wanted to give Jan Geurtz the benefit of the doubt, and ordered 'Quit smoking in one day' online.

 

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I was skeptical, though. Even more when I read what was printed on the book once I received it.

 

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Haha, I guess you will agree with me that it simply sounds too good to be true. :0)
In only one day? Without any withdrawal symptoms? Without self-discipline? I refused to believe it.

 

 

The Method

The big difference between the author of 'Quit Smoking In One Day' and Alan Carr, who became world famous with his books that help people to quit smoking, is that Jan Geurtz is actually a good writer, lol.

That aside, Jan Geurtz takes everything a step further than Carr did.

It is not enough to make the reader realize that nicotine has no effect at all, aside from the fact that it gives relief for the withdrawal symptoms it causes. It's important that the reader gets insights in the illusion of addiction, and the vicious circle he's trapped in. After all, smoking is a compulsive habit, meant to take away negative feelings about yourself, but at the same time causing more negative feelings.

Another important insight is that if you want to quit smoking, you should not battle your addiction. The more you fight the urge to take a cigarette, the stronger that urge becomes. The entire book targets the feeling that, by the time you have finished it, not having to smoke anymore is a relief rather than a punishment.

This method requires a whole lot of introspection, and honesty.
It's actually too difficult to explain in short, but absolutely very interesting.

 

 

Does It Really Help To Quit Smoking?

I lost a lot of my prejudice after my girlfriend, who read the book first, completely quit smoking right after she had finished it. Those first couple of days, she didn't even think of smoking a cigarette. I was stunned....

I still started with the 'here-goes-nothing'-attitude, but by the time I was halfway through I started to realize that you can not underestimate the power of the mind. During the last couple of chapters, I had to force myself to smoke. (It's a part of the method that you can/should smoke until you've finished the entire book.) I looked at the ashtray, and it looked and smelled disgusting.

He made me realize that the fear that was caused by the idea that I had to stop, is the worst of all ... way worse than the actual process.

I'm not completely clean... yet. Every day around noon, I become obsessed with the idea of smoking a cigarette. Whatever I try to do to take my mind off it, it simply doesn't work. All I can think of is my fix.

I learned that the harder you fight it, the stronger that urge becomes, so I give in and smoke one. Just one, though. Once I'm done with it, the thought of taking a cigarette doesn't even occur to me anymore for the rest of the day.

 

So, I think I can say it was quite a success.

If you would have told me I would (almost) quit smoking after reading a book, I would have laughed so hard...

But of course, we all know that it wasn't the book. The book is just the means to an end. By revealing and explaining all the thought processes, the fears, the essence of addiction, the author gives the reader the tools he needs to simply decide for himself whether it is worth it, and attractive, to smoke another cigarette. I must admit, after being addicted for more than 25 years, it felt good to be able to make a choice.

 

 

Just Do It

A last word of advice: if you're thinking about quitting yourself, stop postponing. It's better to stop today than tomorrow. It will for sure make your future brighter and healthier.

Haha, don't worry, I'm not delusional. I know how it was for me. It didn't matter what other people said. Even when everyone is reminding you to stop smoking, it is you who has the final word.

Another thing I learned from the book: there is absolutely no use in trying to stop smoking. You either stop, or you don't. Black or white. If you make the decision, you gotta commit 100%.

When you do, you're going to be surprised about how easy it is. Why wouldn't it be? It's easy to choose for health, for freedom, on one condition: you've got to set your mind to it.

Let's say I can really recommend reading the book. I would have never gotten this far without it. Of course there's no guarantee that it'll work for you, but if you have an open mind, and are willing to do some serious introspection, it can definitely bring you a long way.

If I can quit smoking, you can too!!

 

 

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