When you quit smoking, you can't go into it thinking that it's going to be hard. That's part of why so many people fail at quitting, and yet it's one of the most commonly held beliefs about smoking.

The harder that you think something is, the harder it's going to be for you. With smoking, it's very easy to relapse into smoking and tell yourself, "well, good run, but quitting is hard"

That's not the mindset that you want! Aside from the fact that quitting smoking isn't actually that hard (more on that later) it sets you up for failure. Think about how many people have quit smoking without any problems. That may sound like a small statistic, but it isn't. It's all about setting your mind to it (and not putting it off by setting a quit date!)

Quit dates reinforce the idea that quitting is hard. When you set a quit date, you build up an ominous feeling about that day, and it'll make you enjoy those cigarettes more up until that date, which is the opposite of what you want to do.

Why will quitting be easy for you? Because you're not going to approach it the same way that everybody else does. You're going to approach quitting head-on instead of trying to dodge around it as those with nicotine patches and the like do. You're going to, soon, be able to know that you're never going to want another cigarette, and that's going to be a lot easier than it seems.

Instead of wasting time and money on replacement therapy, you need to break free from the mental cage that smoking has you in. To learn more about how easy it can be to free yourself from smoking, take a look at this article on how smoking addictions work

Positive Thinking for Quitting Cigarettes

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