PART 6: Maintaining Your Course

Put Off Starting Again

Isn’t it great to discover that you can quit? Doesn’t it feel good to be tobacco/nicotine free? In fact, if you can go one week, there is no reason you can’t go another. You know that if you were locked up for a month with no tobacco, you would survive. If someone offered you a million dollars to stop, don’t you think you would do it? A large part of kicking the habit is the way you look at it.

It is also a good idea to think of a plan to help you avoid having “just the one.” One of the best ways is to put off starting again. What do we mean?

Remember how long you put off stopping? You meant to get around to it and some nights your resolve was so strong, you were sure you would stop the next day. Yet, when morning came, there you were with your tobacco again.

From now on, promise yourself you will wait until the next day. You may find it was just another urge coming and going. As you become more secure, you will be able to stretch out the time to a week, then a month, and soon you will find that a year has passed without your having any tobacco/nicotine.

You are already well on your way to becoming tobacco-free forever. Keep up the great work.

Today’s Affirmation:

I choose to be tobacco free today.