Why is Quitting Smoking So Hard?
The hardest part about quitting smoking isn’t actually quitting smoking, it’s the bizarre stigma that everybody (even non-smokers) have created about how hard smoking is supposed to be. The ironic thing is that it doesn’t have to be that hard! When most people quit smoking, they don’t actually become non-smokers. They become smokers who, depending on their success, are just not smoking at the time. Whichever method they’re using, be it nicotine replacement, pills, or cold turkey, in their minds they are still smokers. The problem is that people try to treat smoking as a physical addiction, when it’s a mental addiction. You’ll notice that you can easily go for hours without a cigarette, as long as you know that you’ll get to smoke eventually. If it was a purely physical addiction, this wouldn’t be possible. You’re only as addicted to smoking as your mind wants you to be. You have connections in your mind between certain events (getting off of work, being on the phone, working on a term
