quit smoking?
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I gave up many years ago unfortunately it took death to help me.
I watched someone close to me at the young age of 40 die a slow and painful death from lung cancer leaving behind 4 children and a baby. I see smoking as slow suicide and it breaks my heart to see my family or friends deliberately hurting themselves. When I see someone smoking I see the image of this woman laying lifeless in her hospital death bed, her son sitting beside her, forsaken, holding her shrivelled skeletal hand asking 'why?'Make your decision once in this moment... if it is to quit then try this if you like, it worked for a friend of mine;
- Find a piece of paper and pen
- Write at the top:Today [insert date] I have made the decision to quit smoking I am doing this because...
[insert list of all the reasons you can think of why you want to quit]- After this write:
I [insert name] from this day forward promise to myself for the reasons above that I will no longer smoke cigarettes.
Signed faithfully,
[sign here]- Keep this piece of paper in your wallet and every time you feel like a smoke take it out and read it to remind yourself you have already made the decision.
Good luck and don't doubt yourself!