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| WARNING - Many smoking cessation links contain articles, advertisements or other links that will encourage you to use nicotine replacement therapy or NRT (nicotine patches, gums, sprays or inhalers). If you have remained nicotine free for 72 hours then your blood is now 100% nicotine free. Your withdrawal symptoms have peaked and are now beginning to gradually subside. For you, physical nicotine withdrawal is all but over. The best way to guarantee that your cycle of physical withdrawal is a never ending story is to ingest nicotine back into your blood. This is the "Law of Nicotine Addiction." |
The 80+ articles in Joel's Library contain almost 30 years of valuable quit
wisdom.
Spend at least an hour a day reading, studying, taking notes, printing and
Don't talk yourself into making physical withdrawal hard.
With the right attitude, your symptoms may be minimal!
Your addiction has conditioned you to be extremely impatient.
Craves don't destroy quits but impatience does!
Have at least three coping plans ready just in case, and
promise yourself that you'll use them all if necessary.
Understanding your addiction is half the battle - read! Do not fear withdrawal as fear breeds more fear. Celebrate each passing hour and soon they'll make a day. Don't look ahead for more an hour. Take baby steps. We must crawl before we can be walk. Enjoy the time between craves and at 72 hours watch closely as it begins to grow! In nicotine withdrawal, a 99% success rate means 100% defeat. Just one little puff and the cycle of withdrawal will be your never ending story. There's only one rule to permanent victory ...
Just one day at a time NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!