Msg # 7600   
Date: 23 Mar 94  10:07:00
From: Bob Johnstone
  To: Jayne Murray
Subj: QUITTING SMOKING
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 > I am stopping smoking on 3/21/94 and will probably be back in this conf
 > quite often. I have stopped several times, once for nearly a year.
 > I have learned a lot of stress management tools.  Depression has
 > always gotten the better of me in the end, but it gets easier every
 > time.

   Pick up the series of messages on CONFLICT RESOLUTION, many times with the
subject of CR, followed by a number.  IF you search for the subject CR there,
and do not find them, just ask and I will repost them.

   Practicing this techniques will help reduce the STRESS caused by quiting
smoking.  And if you have any questions about Quitting, just ask here as I
have worked with thousands of individuals who have quite smoking permanently.

 > I heard there was a BBS called 'Stop Smoking BBS.' If anyone has their
 > number I would deeply appreciate it.

   Well you dont have to call a seperate BBS which may be a long distance
call, even those running such BBS' may not have my experience.  Some would
have only their own experiences quitting smoking, and are actually looking
for help themselves to remain a non smoker.....

   The MOST important thing to remember, what makes it difficult to quit is
thinking of Quitting as only breaking _one_ habit.  When in reality it is
probably over 100 different habbits.  Take the one which is the worst, and
work with that for it will create the greatest benefit as you change.  IE the
place or circumstances where you have been most apt to smoke.  If you sit
down and make a LIST of where you smoke, and why you smoke in those
locations, keep a diary about where you smoke every day until the day you
quit, it will give you clues.

   Breaking habits takes 8-12 weeks, many bear down for two to three weeks,
and feel they have quit.  They have not dealt with the feelings after that
time as well, then sometime in the future when they experience unusual stress
levels, so it _triggers_ their desire for a smoke.

   At times we have the habit of _reaching_ for anything which someone hands
to us, so when someone who knew we smoked, automaticly offers us a cigarette,
we reach for it.  NOW, just because we do, it is not necessary to smoke that
entire cigarette and it does _not_ mean because we did, we must continue
smoking in the future.  As soon as you realize that you automaticly took one,
put it out, and that act will be a POWERFUL suggestion that will actually
HELP you to quit smoking permanently.  Each day from now until the day you
quit, when you take out a cigarette, look at it, smell it, think of how it
would be to smoke it.... Then, stop and practice the following exercise, and
if you dont feel you need to smoke when finished, put it away or even better,
TEAR IT UP IN LITTLE PIECES..... THAT will be the most powerful suggestion
you can give your brain, that YOU are in control of this behavior.  Do this
daily for as long as you have any cigarettes.... Yes it cost money to do so,
but it costs a LOT more to continue smoking, and this will really help you
more than you would ever dream.....  If you have any questons, just ask.

   To relieve stress, spend 5-10 minute periods of time per day meditating or
reviewing with your eyes closed in a comfortable position, times you were
laughing about something.  Jokes, Comedies on TV, Movies, etc. And you will
be surprised at how much this helps..... it is a command to your subconscious
mind, to make you feel the way you feel in these experiences, when you are
going without a smoke.

   It is NOT difficult to quit smoking, it is much easier than helping
someone to stop using heroin, and I have helped thousands to stop over the
past 44 years.  I have even had users of Cocaine, M.J., Alcohol, and
Cigarettes or other addictive substances, who went cold turkey off ALL
SUBSTANCES at the same time using some of these methods and the tapes which I
have made for them.  It is only difficut when you dont use the power of your
mind which you have had since the day you were born, in the most effective
manner.

   Just take it _one_ day at a time, stop thinking of not smoking for the
rest of your life, and focus on not smoking for the next hour.  Even if you
do smoke sometime, that can be a STEPPING STONE to quiting permanently if you
think of it correctly or use it in that manner.  IE, if after smoking you go
back, sit or lie down in a comfortable position, think about the _feelings_
which caused you to smoke, then think of a time you were laughing and how you
felt then.  Switch back and forth between those memories not less than TEN
times.  Each time you do, the feelings which caused you to smoke that time
will reduce until they no longer have any effect on you.  YOU can get rid of
_each_ subconscious trigger which has been causing you to smoke in the past.
When they are all gone, you will have _no_desire_ to smoke.

   That is what is most important, getting rid of the DESIRE..... even after
the first 8 weeks, there will at times be a desire, but just keep practicing
this method to reduce stress, and they also will disappear.  Just because you
have a feeling or desire to smoke, does _not_ mean you have to do so.  But to
feel better while you do have the desire, you can change these feelings by
using this mental exercise.

   In addition, if you wish to order a set of tapes which will help, you can
order the set of tapes CHANGE THE DESIRE TO SMOKE, and follow the
instructions on them.  Each time you listen to them, it will become easier
and easier to feel good when or where you normally would have felt you just
had to have a cigarette.....

   Two Tape set:  Normally $24.95 plus 2.00 shipping.

   For FidoNet Users...... $17.95 plus 2.00 shipping.

   Mail order to:  DR. Bob Johnstone
                   U.S.P.O. BOX 5122
                   Anaheim, CA 92804

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