I have been reading about how our brains shape our current and future selves. It involves some 'quantum physics' (which I now get some of what that means) but it's a method to change who you are in any situation simply by changing the way we think. You may have heard the experiment of how 2 equal novice basketball players got better at the game using 2 separate methods. The first person practiced daily. The second person spent 20-30 minutes a day simply visualizing what to do to improve their game. After 6 months the person who did the daily visualization improved much more than the person who practiced at least an hour a day on the court. The difference is our brains are much more powerful than we give them credit for and can affect change greatly.
The exercise is simple. Spend time every day visualizing yourself going about your day without smoking, vaping, chewing, whatever your choice of nicotine infusion you use. Really SEE it. Picture yourself from the time you get up until you go to bed without having a cigarette. Picture how you will tackle each task without nicotine. Picture each stress you have doing something other than smoking. It doesn't matter what you have difficulty with or what is going well just keep SEEING yourself through every day is a non-smoker. BELIEVE what you're seeing with your whole being. Do you smoke when you drink alcohol? Picture yourself enjoying a drink with your friends and family without smoking/vaping. Smoking in the car? Do that scenario in your mind and see and believe yourself driving or riding without using nicotine.
This may sound like BS, mumbo-jumbo, crazy or just stupid but it works. I've been quit over three years and I'm only just learning this technique but it works. I have used this to lose weight and I have lost 12 pounds in two months without being on a 'diet'. I've pictured myself eating better and as much as I love carbs I have limited them only by seeing myself make a different choice.
I won't lie that it doesn't take work. You must do the visualization daily or nearly daily and you must believe what you see. It works because our brains are powerhouses and we just need to tap into the right plug but once we do the results can be profound. My friend who wasn't supposed to be able to walk again after being disabled with Osteoarthritis in her legs, a crushed sciatic nerve, several spinal fractures, a heart attack, cancer, all her systems failing, on a respirator, and in bed for 14 YEARS can run circles around me. She's only been out of bed 6 years. She used this method and still does. If you're interested in the book, message me and I'll send you it's title. So think, think, think, and believe and you will find you can do a lot more than you ever thought possible, including becoming a non-smoker!
