THE PROMISE: MY METHOD FOR QUITTING by BRIAN JONES

	THE PROMISE: MY METHOD FOR QUITTING by Brian Jones
E-mail me with Testimonials/ Questions/ Suggestions	THE PROMISE: MY METHOD FOR QUITTING by BRIAN JONES I don't want to get into a whole lot of hyperbole about this method. It helped me and I believe it can help others. More than that I cannot say. I hope to have testimonials to offer after awhile. Click on the link within each step if you want my own theory of why the step was effective in helping me stop. Destroy all cigarettes in your possession. If you want a smoke, don’t worry about it. Don’t think of yourself as a failure. Just buy yourself a pack of cigarettes. Light a cigarette but with the following promise to yourself: I will put this cigarette out as soon as the craving is satisfied. STICK TO THE PROMISE! Repeat. That’s it! This is a lifetime plan for quitting. What does this mean? I, who quit 10 years ago, acknowledge that I might get a craving tomorrow and smoke a little bit of a cigarette, and start over with the plan. I haven’t had a craving since a couple of weeks after I started the plan, though. I have every confidence that if I do, though, I can handle it. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH STEP IN THE PLAN? Destroying all cigarettes in your possession reminds you that cigarettes are not magical, and they do not have any power you do not give them. It also makes it more difficult for you to "unthinkingly" light a cigarette. You have to go through step 2 and buy yourself a pack. Buy yourself a pack of cigarettes? I thought I was supposed to be quitting! Yes, but essential to this method is forcing yourself to start all over with each craving. Along with the promise in step 3, this reminds you that your cravings are under your control, not the other way around. By destroying the cigarettes proactively in step 1, you’re telling the craving that you will not plan ahead for its demands. It helps you to give up the identification of yourself as a smoker. A smoker is not just somebody who smokes. A smoker is someone who always has cigarettes on him. Is it expensive? Perhaps…but so is lung cancer, and so are stop-smoking seminars. LIGHT A CIGARETTE?!?!? Are you insane? No, I’m not. However, you must promise yourself prior to lighting that you will put it out as soon as the craving goes away…and keep the promise. This causes you to recognize your craving for the small, insignificant and FRAGILE thing that it is. If you can kill it with 4 puffs, then what was all that discomfort about? If it’s that weak, then maybe it’s weak enough to stop making you want cigarettes! Then go back to step 1, destroying the pack you just bought. The key here is that the plan is infinitely simple, and infinitely repeatable. And if you don't find your smoking going down, perhaps it is not for you. I believe a person who is motivated to quit will quickly find himself cutting back and then quitting. MY TESTIMONIAL: Here is my own experience with this method, which came to me all at once when I had tried to quit but couldn’t. First time I lit a cigarette under step 3, I took 4 puffs of the cigarette before observing that my craving was gone. It was quite easy to destroy the pack of cigarettes I had just bought. Next time, that same day, I took 2 puffs. Next time, the next day, I took 1 puff. I thought about smoking every now and then for a couple of weeks but felt such power over the craving that I felt I did not need to smoke in order for the craving to go away. Even the strongest cravings were not enough to send me to the store to buy a new pack that was only going to be crushed after a single puff. Then came the real test: a few weeks after I quit, I went out drinking with friends. I knew I had a strong association between smoking, and drinking with my buddies. I immediately got hit with a craving. I caved in. But the next day, I started over with step 1, and found that I was again able to master my cravings - in a single day! The next time I went out drinking, I did not smoke. I hope this plan works for you. If it helps you, please tell a friend and/or send me a testimonial. And consider putting some money in my tip jar. I promise I will use the money only to buy liquor, but no cigarettes. Just kidding.

THE PROMISE: MY METHOD FOR QUITTING
by
Brian Jones

E-mail me
with Testimonials/
Questions/
Suggestions

THE PROMISE: MY METHOD FOR QUITTING by BRIAN JONES I don't want to get into a whole lot of hyperbole about this method. It helped me and I believe it can help others. More than that I cannot say. I hope to have testimonials to offer after awhile. Click on the link within each step if you want my own theory of why the step was effective in helping me stop.

Destroy all cigarettes in your possession.
If you want a smoke, don’t worry about it.
Don’t think of yourself as a failure.
Just buy yourself a pack of cigarettes.
Light a cigarette but with the following promise to yourself:
I will put this cigarette out as soon as the craving is satisfied.

STICK TO THE PROMISE!
Repeat.

That’s it! This is a lifetime plan for quitting. What does this mean? I, who quit 10 years ago, acknowledge that I might get a craving tomorrow and smoke a little bit of a cigarette, and start over with the plan. I haven’t had a craving since a couple of weeks after I started the plan, though. I have every confidence that if I do, though, I can handle it.

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH STEP IN THE PLAN?

Destroying all cigarettes in your possession reminds you that cigarettes are not magical, and they do not have any power you do not give them.
It also makes it more difficult for you to "unthinkingly" light a cigarette. You have to go through step 2 and buy yourself a pack.
Buy yourself a pack of cigarettes? I thought I was supposed to be quitting! Yes, but essential to this method is forcing yourself to start all over with each craving. Along with the promise in step 3, this reminds you that your cravings are under your control, not the other way around. By destroying the cigarettes proactively in step 1, you’re telling the craving that you will not plan ahead for its demands. It helps you to give up the identification of yourself as a smoker. A smoker is not just somebody who smokes. A smoker is someone who always has cigarettes on him. Is it expensive? Perhaps…but so is lung cancer, and so are stop-smoking seminars.
LIGHT A CIGARETTE?!?!? Are you insane? No, I’m not. However, you must promise yourself prior to lighting that you will put it out as soon as the craving goes away…and keep the promise. This causes you to recognize your craving for the small, insignificant and FRAGILE thing that it is. If you can kill it with 4 puffs, then what was all that discomfort about? If it’s that weak, then maybe it’s weak enough to stop making you want cigarettes!
Then go back to step 1, destroying the pack you just bought.

The key here is that the plan is infinitely simple, and infinitely repeatable. And if you don't find your smoking going down, perhaps it is not for you. I believe a person who is motivated to quit will quickly find himself cutting back and then quitting.

MY TESTIMONIAL:
Here is my own experience with this method, which came to me all at once when I had tried to quit but couldn’t. First time I lit a cigarette under step 3, I took 4 puffs of the cigarette before observing that my craving was gone. It was quite easy to destroy the pack of cigarettes I had just bought.

Next time, that same day, I took 2 puffs.

Next time, the next day, I took 1 puff.

I thought about smoking every now and then for a couple of weeks but felt such power over the craving that I felt I did not need to smoke in order for the craving to go away. Even the strongest cravings were not enough to send me to the store to buy a new pack that was only going to be crushed after a single puff.

Then came the real test: a few weeks after I quit, I went out drinking with friends. I knew I had a strong association between smoking, and drinking with my buddies. I immediately got hit with a craving.

I caved in.

But the next day, I started over with step 1, and found that I was again able to master my cravings - in a single day! The next time I went out drinking, I did not smoke.

I hope this plan works for you. If it helps you, please tell a friend and/or send me a testimonial. And consider putting some money in my tip jar. I promise I will use the money only to buy liquor, but no cigarettes.

Just kidding.

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