When I was a smoker I said that

I needed cigarettes to deal with my

stress and anxiety. Many of my students

say the same thing.

 

First of all, Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor and

that means that it constricts the blood vessels

and causes the heart to work harder to

get the blood through.

 

As a smoker your heart will beat 10,000

more beats just because you smoke. If

your heart is pumping harder to get the

blood through then how can it relax you…

 

I know it seems like it does relax you

but it can’t if it is stressing your heart.   

 

There are techniques to deal with stress

and anxiety like learning a deep breathing

technique or changing your routines when

you encounter a stressful situation.

 

I would like to give you an example of

a new way to deal with anxiety.

Be my guest at a sneak preview of

Nicotine Solutions and bring your

cigarettes.

 

The previews will be on

Tuesday, December 15 at

4pm pacific/5pm mountain/6pm central/7pm eastern

or

7:30 pm pacific/9:30 pm central/10:30 pm eastern

Choose the time by clicking on the link below

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  Hi, I’m Lela Bryan,

the Chief Learning Officer at Nicotine Solutions.

I quit smoking June 4, 1978 and have been teaching others how to quit smoking and chewing ever since!

What words NOT to say when you are preparing to stop smoking or chewing.

What is the difference between saying I am going to “give up” cigarettes or I got rid of them.

If you “give up” something, do you want it back? SURE.

And if you want it back will you get it back? …SURE

If you got rid of really stinky, smelly garbage do you say I “gave up” the garbage…NO!

You got rid of it! You don’t want it back.

For women, it is like getting rid of the most abusive relationship that you have ever had let’s say Osama Bin Laden.

For men, it is like getting rid of a relationship with Lorena Bobbitt! (there’s a visual for you!)

Right now you think of cigarettes as being very precious and important

to you and I know it feels like you are about to “give them up”.

But just start to say I am going to be stopping smoking. I am going to be getting rid of this habit.

You don’t have to believe it just fake it till you make it. I show you how it is done.

I like this little saying by Frank Outlaw-

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch you habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

You will learn that you not giving up anything.

You are gaining freedom, peace of mind, calmness, money, health, stamina and better breath!

But there is a lot to learn in Nicotine Solutions before you are ready to quit.

Join me this week for a free Sneak Preview of a Nicotine Solutions Class!

**For the first 10 people that sign up and attend the Sneak Preview this week by Friday of this week-
•    You will receive a gift
•    A discount on the class if you decide to take it
•    Your name entered into a Drawing to win a cruise to Mexico!

Why am I giving all of this away for you to attend a preview class???

Because I know it is the most difficult thing about the whole course is to just check out the first class!

Just Bring your cigarettes and sign up here for your free preview

http://nicotinesolutions.com

Talk to you in class,

Lela Bryan

http://www.nicotinesolutions.com

It is very individual for each person. Most of the people that I talk to say:

• “I really love smoking…it is the only thing that I do for myself…”

• “It is my companion…my lover…my best friend…”

• “It is my way to relax…my way to deal with stress…”

• “It is always there for me…my quiet time…and so why would I want to give up all of that!”

What was the main reason you decided to start smoking in the very beginning?

You didn’t know what it was going to be like to smoke.

You did not know if it would relax you…You certainly had your assumptions about what it would do or feel like, but you really did not know.

Why did you have that first cigarette?

1. Peer Pressure
2. to fit into an environment
3. Rebellion
4. to look older and cool

Now let’s take a closer look at these reasons, and whether or not they still hold true today….

• Is the peer group still pressuring you to smoke? I bet Those same people, if they are still around, are pressuring you to quit.

•   Are you still hanging around smoky environments? More and more places are now smoke-free

• Are you still rebelling against the same people? Probably not…..now you are probably rebelling because people are telling you where to smoke and how long you can be there.

•  Are you still trying to look older? Most people  say…”yeah, I guess it worked to make me look older”.

•  Do you still think it makes you look sophisticated?

If you take the original reason that you started and reverse it, that will be the reason that will be motivating to help you quit smoking!

If something will  motivate you one time, it will motivate you again. Now use the reason that motivated you to start smoking, in reverse, to help motivate you to quit smoking.

If you started for peer pressure, now let that peer pressure work for you to pressure you to quit (sort of pressuring you the other way). Let the people that want you to quit be a part of your quitting experience.

Maybe your environment is now smoke-free. Maybe it is even a hassle now to go and have a cigarette. If your environment has changed, let that be a motivator for you.

If you started for rebellion, let that rebellion work for you. For instance, you might not be rebelling against the same people anymore, but in order to have a cigarette you have to go outside to smoke, or it might be a big hassle to smoke. So you can rebel against all the restrictions and let that be a motivator for you.

If you started smoking to look older, guess what, it worked!  Now you want to look younger and you know if you quit you would look younger, and would not have those deep crevices that smoking creates. If you started smoking to look older, now you can quit smoking to look younger and more rejuvenated. Let that work for you to motivate you.

Remember—The way you do anything is   the way you do everything.

If it motivated you one time, it will motivate you again, and it will actually help You quit smoking.

Lela Bryan
http://www.nicotinesolutions.com
The Personal Approach to Quitting Smoking and Changing your Life!