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Old 05-18-2013, 10:07 AM
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freshstart57
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You are not doubting that you can succeed. Remember? That would be your AV right there.
Make it Standard Procedure, that any thought about ever smoking again, or any thought about doubting in your ability to quit, doesn't come from your 'thinking' brain, it comes from your Addiction, or AV. Here is how this can make sense: Once you have made a conscious choice about never smoking again, also called a Big Plan, these thoughts must have come from your lizard brain, your pleasure centre, your Smoking Beast.

This image allows you to separate yourself from them, and decide that they are 'not you'. Because they are not you, they are powerless to force you to do anything, including powerless to 'make' you smoke. You have made your Big Plan, and you have all the power now, you get to choose, and you have chosen. You have decided. You will never smoke again and you will never change your mind. This is a BP.
There is no 'ignoring', in fact it's just the opposite. Become mindful and hyper-aware of the urge to smoke. Allow the urge to be, accept its presence, without believing that it can force your action. The simple truth is that it is powerless over you. You have the power here. All of it.

Set that self confidence to 11 and believe in yourself. Believe in Jen, she can do this thing. She already quit drinking for heaven's sake, so she can do this too.
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