Here’s a lesson I learned several years ago ; it’s stunningly true, once you figure it out : ZERO is easier to manage than “just a few now and then“, or “just a couple here and there“, or “a handful won‘t hurt“. When it comes to quitting cigarettes, and stopping smoking, and breaking the old “user“ behaviors, ZERO is the (eventual) goal. No cigarettes, no nicotine, no pollutants or drugs, no perpetuation of the “rituals”. We quit, we heal, we recover. Done. ZERO is as simple as it gets.
However, when we attempt to compromise with our quits, and bargain with our addiction, and finagle our way into a permissive lifestyle that isn’t exactly all-out quitting or full-on smoking, then we trap ourselves into an endless juggling act. Denials, delays, exceptions, allowances, regretful choices, broken pledges, “slips”, inaccuracies, sadness, embarrassment, anger. Restarts. Justifications, rationalizations. “Possibly“ and “maybe” and “perhaps” and “probably” . "Kinda”, “sorta”, “more or less”, and “hey, at least it’s not as bad as…”.
Juggle, juggle, juggle!
But, “never again” is final. It’s pure. It’s true.
ZERO is inarguable, and is complete unto itself.
ZERO is liberating!
It’s the woulda - coulda - shoulda that is exhausting.
Let us help you understand, and embrace, and cultivate, and accept the freeing power of ZERO!
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