How To Quit Smoking For Life: No gum, patches, relapses or electronics

By Graham Alexander

Every smoker at some point has tried to quit. If you’re reading this then that means you’ve probably failed in your attempt too!

Quitting and failing are both parts of the process of addiction. Every smoker is an addict and addiction needs to be understood if you want to quit for good.

There are so many quitting aids on the market – gum, patches, vapour cigarettes etc. But they don’t solve the addiction problem – they replace it.

This is the most basic situation that most smokers face as they try to give up tobacco – and it is also the reason people fail.
I should know I smoked for twenty years and tried to quit for about 19 of those years.

In other words, I was unsuccessful for 19 years!

I tried gum, patches, gum & patches at the same time, vapour cigarettes, herbal cigarettes etc. But still the feeling of panic would get me if I couldn’t get that nicotine fix when I wanted it. This always led to me lighting up again.

Does this sound familiar to you?

There is a very huge difference between knowing you should stop smoking and stopping. We all know that smoking causes health problems. We all know we shouldn’t smoke but still we keep on puffing away.

It doesn’t matter what our loved ones say, or what the doctor tells us or any of those things, the addiction is so strong it overrides our common sense.

However, once you understand addiction and habit, you too can choose to quit for life.

Everything changes when you know why you’re addicted.

As I started to focus on understanding how tobacco was controlling me, within weeks I was smoke free.
That was over 4 years ago now and, well to be honest it was quite easy!

I went from 20+ cigarettes a day to zero, with no relapses or problems.

It really is a simple five step process and once you understand addiction, you too can be smoke free for life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Graham Alexander
• Release date: May 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310565632

Graham Alexander

I was born in England in 1979 and lived there until 2002. Then with itchy legs ready for travel I left and found South Korea. After 12 years of teaching, travelling and studying it was time to move on. At the end of December 2014 I moved back to the UK with my beautiful wife to begin the next chapter in our lives :)You're doing life wrong if it's all hard work!

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How To Quit Smoking For Life

By Graham Alexander

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Dedication

To my amazing brother and sister, I love you both.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: My Smoking Story

Chapter Two: How I Quit

Chapter Three: Habits

Chapter Four: Two Types of Addiction

Chapter Five: Building Blocks of Understanding

Chapter Six: Attitude

Chapter Seven: Neuroplasticity

Chapter Eight: The Five Steps to Success

Endnote

About the Author

Introduction

Quitting smoking is not an easy thing to do.

There’s no doubt about how difficult a task it is. Ask any smoker that has tried to quit and they will tell you how difficult it is. It sometimes seems impossible to quit and many people get into the cycle of:

Deciding to quit

Quitting

Failing

Deciding to quit

Quitting

Failing

So the cycle continues for most smokers.

But if you ask anybody who’s quit, they’ll tell you how glad they are that they did.

This still doesn’t mean it’s easy. Anybody who tells you quitting is easy probably hasn’t done it themselves. I should know. I started smoking when I was in the boy scouts at the age of 12 and tried to quit from my sixteenth birthday onwards. But still I kept smoking for 20 years before I finally managed to be smoke free permanently!

I heard somewhere once that:

Most people start smoking and quit smoking for the same reason; they want to look grown up!

I’d be inclined to agree with that.

This book has been written in the sincere hope that you too will manage to go smoke free and live a fuller, longer, healthier life.

It will detail:

My smoking story

How I Quit

The two types of addiction

The power of habit

Understanding what happens when you are addicted

The importance of attitude

The ONLY five steps you need to work to become and remain smoke free.

Chapter One: My Smoking Story

I used to quit smoking several times every year. I’d quit on New Year’s Eve every year and this would last maybe a day or two before I’d start again.

Every time I’d get sick and my glands would swell up, my throat was so sore that I felt