I Guess I’ll Try to Quit Smoking
Dec 22, 2009 Quit Smoking
Have you ever said those words? How about “I’m going to try AGAIN”, or “Might as well give it another shot, what have I got to lose.” You can’t think like this. A famous quote and pardon me for not knowing who said it, states that ‘Nobody who tries anything, accomplishes very much.’ And the same is true for quitting smoking.
Even though you are looking to convince yourself or someone else that you truly desire to quit, by saying ‘try’, you are conditioning your subconscious beliefs for potential failure.
Let me give you an example. My wife has a fear of roller coasters and fast rides. I know she doesn’t haven’t a fear or heights or a fear of going at the speeds the coasters go, but for some reason I have not yet been able to determine, she doesn’t like roller coasters.
And during the rare times my son and I have been persuasive enough to get her into the line, it is always tempered with ‘I’ll try’. This gives her the opportunity to reneg on her offer without too much teasing. And she always does.
So what gives her a way out? The word ‘try’ of course. Trying isn’t like promising or really committing to something. It’s more like a convenience. And saying you’ll try isn’t going to work when quitting smoking because whether you realize it or not, you’ve probably set yourself up for failure because now you’ve allowed yourself a way out.
Talk to any smoker who has gone through this process, some of them more than once, and you will find that when they set out to achieve their goal of quitting they said ‘I’ll try’ and when they failed, they state ‘Oh well, I tried.’
So what you need to do if you are to commit is remove the word ‘try’ completely. Use a statement like this. ‘I am going to quit to better my health. For the betterment of my family. For the betterment of my finances. No exceptions.’ Can you see the difference? You must state the exact reasons for why you want to quit. With no allowances for weakness or failure.
Write your commitment down – everywhere. Carry it in your purse or wallet; your coat pocket; in your car; your bathroom or anywhere else you will see it to remind yourself the reasons why you want to quit smoking. Refer to these commitments often – it will make your efforts that much more solid.
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