The Complete Quit System

Maybe the reason you haven’t quit smoking yet is because you don’t really “want” to…

August 18, 2008

Dear Reader,

If you’re a smoker, you’ve probably at least thought about quitting, if you haven’t actually tried to quit at least once. But you still smoke. Why?

Actually, more than 70% of people who currently smoke say they want to quit, but haven’t yet. So if you’re like most people, you have mixed feelings about smoking. Part of you really wants to quit, but there’s definitely a part of you that wants to smoke.

The bottom line is, trying to quit smoking when a part of you really wants to smoke is downright difficult, if not impossible. And the prospect of living with that constant craving, and never being able to fulfill it – walking around NOT smoking, when all you can think about is having a cigarette – well, that’s a pretty lousy way to live, isn’t it? If you’ve ever tried to quit, you know what I’m talking about…

What if you could eliminate the desire to smoke, before you quit?

If you’ve quit before, you’ve probably experienced those gut-wrenching cravings I’m talking about. The kind that make it difficult to focus on anything else. The kind that make it hard to remember why you even wanted to quit in the first place…

Well, what if you could quit without those cravings? What if you could eliminate the desire to smoke – naturally, at their source, without patches or pills, without herbs, acupuncture, or hypnosis – before you actually quit smoking?

Let me back up for a minute and explain something here.

We now know for a fact that nicotine – the drug in cigarettes – is fiercely addictive. Even the tobacco companies admit that now. And there are tons of products to help you deal with that physical addiction to nicotine – patches, pills, even herbs and acupuncture.

But that’s not the whole story. In fact, that’s not even half the story.

Most smokers are also psychologically dependent on smoking.

The truth is, in addition to the physical addiction to nicotine, smoking is also psychologically addictive. And if you’re going to quit smoking for good – and be happy and comfortable afterwards – you’ve got to get rid of the psychological dependence, too. Because for most people, it’s the psychological dependence that drives them back to smoking. And it’s the psychological dependence that drives them crazy with cravings for cigarettes – for weeks, months, sometimes even years after quitting.

Consider this: Nicotine is completely metabolized by your body within 72 hours. So anyone who has quit smoking for three days or more and then gone back was responding to the psychological dependence, NOT the physical addiction to nicotine.

In other words, according to the way nicotine is processed in your body, if you can quit smoking for three days, you should be home-free, not have any more cravings, not ever think about cigarettes, and never again have any desire to smoke.

But that’s not how it works, is it?

If you’ve also got a psychological dependence – and most people do – and you quit cold turkey, those first three days are horrible, and the ones after them can be even worse. In fact, if you don’t deal with the psychological dependence, you could have cravings for cigarettes for the rest of your life – even if you never go back to smoking!

Are you psychologically dependent?

There’s no question that anyone who has smoked regularly for awhile is physically addicted to nicotine. But what about the psychological dependence – is your smoking habit part of a psychological addiction, too?

Well, have you ever:

Quit for three days or more and then gone back to smoking?
Had more than one cigarette lit at a time?
Found yourself automatically reaching for a cigarette at certain times, like when the phone rings, or when you get in your car?
‘Chain smoked,’ lighting one cigarette right after another?
Seen someone smoking (for instance, on TV or in a movie) and then wanted a cigarette?

If you answered yes to even one of the questions above, read on. Your addiction is partly psychological, and you’re going to need something more than a patch or a pill to quit smoking for good – especially if you also want to get rid of the desire to smoke.