FAQ: How Do I Quit Smoking?

How do I quit smoking? For good and forever? That was the question I was always asking myself, but could never find the answer. It was a real question - not theory, not wishful thinking - to me it was life or death.

As a former smoker of 3 packs a day, I lived with constant fear that

- I would die a long painful, self inflicted death
- I wouldn?t see my kids get married
- I wouldn?t ever meet my grandchildren
- I would leave my wife struggling to raise 4 children on her own
- My kids would ask my ?Why didn?t you just stop??

I was living a life of deceit, regret, fear and paranoia ? and it was all my fault.

My wife would always be on my back about quitting smoking. I tried just about every method I could afford but never lasted the course. I became an expert in quitting smoking, but would still be found in the back yard, in all weathers drawing on those horrible cancer sticks.

In fact, I was very good at quitting smoking. Most nights I would put out my last cigarette before turning in and would boldly declare ? ?Right, that was my last one?.

But, each morning I would wake up, put on a pot of coffee and light up my first of 60 straight away. You see I was good at quitting ? I did it every day. The question I couldn?t answer was ?How do I quit smoking and stay quit??

Before I explain what works let me tell you what I tried and my experiences

1. Patches ? I had my highest success rate with patches - all of 27 hours. But, they were expensive, kept coming off (I used to sweat a lot when I was smoking). The real downside was they only dealt with the physical habit, not the mental one. 2. Gum ? This was close to useless ? it tasted nasty, burned my gums and made my breathe smell (just as bad as it did when I was smoking). 3. Acupuncture ? I didn?t try that one ? it was more expensive than hypnotherapy and I had heard the results where not as good. 4. Inhalers ? They just didn?t produce the kick at the back of the throat I was used to, and so was a very lame replacement ? plus, I just felt stupid using it. 5. Will Power ? This was the hardest. I tried quitting smoking with no help physically or mentally. I was grouchy with my wife and the kids and couldn?t think about anything else.

So, there?s my list of failures when trying to quit smoking. So what worked? How did I answer that illusive question ?How do I quit smoking?and stay quit.?

Well, the secret lay in the relationship between dealing with your physical addiction and your mental one. It was only when I realized and believed that my addiction was only a tiny bit in my body, but mostly in my head that I started to approach quitting with the right attitude. I didn?t need the support of pills, patches or gums ? I started to see through the cynical money making stop smoking industry ? I finally understood I needed help and support in my mind and I found where to get that support.

David Richards was a 60 a day smoker until he sorted his life out. Please go to http://quit-smoking.secrets-uncovered.info if you want to see the exact program and support he used to answer the burning question ?How Do I Quit Smoking and stay Quit?