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Get Ready NOW to Quit Smoking in 2013!
Presented By: Jackie Hillwww.want-to-stop-smoking.com
www.facebook.com/wanttostopsmokingEmail: jackie@fastforwardtherapies.co.uk
Reminder – What this webinar will cover
• Why Quit? How to get and stay motivated• Why you can’t trust your 5 physical senses sight, sound, feeling, smell and taste• Why Will-Power on it’s own is likely to fail• Why Commitment is the key to success PLUS 8 Tips You Can Do Straight Away
Tip 1# Don’t Rely on Will-Power
• Poor results – research shows only 6% success rate
• Requires enormous strength and tremendous effort.
• Creates an internal fight in our mind.
• And is at war with our bodies
Tip # 2 Be Wary of your 5 Physical Senses
Tricks that the body uses to get a fix of nicotine is
to use your 5 physical senses to create an
illusion.
Recognise the Dangerous Effects of Smoking
Smoking Harms almost all the Organs of the Body and can Cause:
• Aneurysms, • Peripheral vascular disease, • Chronic Obstructive pulmonary
disease, • Asthma,• Pneumonia, • Influenza, • Cancer of the Larynx, • Cancer of the Oropharynx, • Cancer of the Oesophagus, • Cancer of the Trachea, • Cancer of the Lung,
• Cancer of the Kidney, • Cancer of the Ureter, • Cancer of the Stomach, • Cancer of the Pancreas • Cancer of the Cervix, • Cancer of the Bladder, • Acute myeloid leukaemia, • Stomach ulcers, • Cataracts, • Blindness, • Peridontitis• heart attacks, • strokes, • hip fractures • reduced fertility.
Tip #3 Utilize the Power of Pain Get the Truth - Research
Visit websites, - i.e. ‘whyquit.com’
Get some images
Read ‘real life’ stories
Visit a person who has a smoking related illness
Carry around a photo of someone close to you who has died through a smoking related illness.
Tip #4 – Write a List
• List all the dangerous or bad effects smoking has
• Add any that are personal to you• Consider keeping a scrap book - using
powerful imagery, stories, poems…
• ‘This is what could happen to me if I smoke’
Tip # 5 What are all the possible benefits you gain as a non-smoker?
• Here are some benefits: • Feeling fitter• Physical healing• Physical de-tox• Better eyesight• Fresher home• Tastier food • More money• Being warmer • Being accepted in public places• Improved skin• Looking younger• Feeling in control
Write another list • List all the possible benefits
that YOU as a non-smoker will have
• Add any that are particularly personal to you – Get Specific
• Cut out images, feel-good stories anything that inspires you and put in your scrapbook.
• ‘I want to be…. ’ ‘I want to have’
Tip #7 - Make a Commitment
Commitment IS :
• A promise or vow• To Stand on your
‘subconscious’• Persistence with a
purpose • Single minded
• Commitment ALWAYS:
1. Ignites ACTION2. (action is necessary)3. Means PERSEVERENCE
(no matter what)4. Demands RESULTS
(not excuses)
Tip #8 – Set a Quit Date
• No longer than 7 days after you’ve made a commitment
• Choose some time when you have space. Maybe a long weekend.
Make an Action Plan
• Preparation: clean house, get rid of smoking paraphernlia etc.
• Tell everyone, decide on strategies
• What additional help/support will I need
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