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The Law of Addiction - The law of addiction, states "administration of a drug to an addict will cause re-establishment of chemical dependence upon the addictive substance." Yes, just one powerful puff, dip or chew and you'll be faced with again enduring up to 72 hours of nicotine detox, by far the most challenging period of recovery. We are simply not that strong. Full adherence to the following simple restatement of the law of addiction provides a 100% guarantee of success to all: no nicotine just one day at a time ... "Never Take Another Puff, Dip or Chew."
Be Honest With You - Although the nicotine addict’s dopamine high is alert, not drunk or numb, nicotine dependency is every bit as real and permanent as alcoholism or heroin addiction. An external chemical has caused the brain reward pathways -- the mind’s priorities teacher -- to convince the deep inner mind that regular nicotine feedings are the #1 priority in life, more important than family, friends, eating, hostile weather, romance, health or life itself. Continuing use causes the brain to grow millions of extra nicotinic receptors in at least eleven different regions. Known as tolerance, the brain becomes hard-wired to function on ever so slowly increasing levels of nicotine intake. Why play games? Treating a true addiction as though some "nasty little habit" capable of manipulation, modification or control is a recipe for relapse. There is no such thing as "just one." Nicotine dependency recovery truly is an all or nothing proposition.
Calm Your Deep Inner Mind - The primitive subconscious mind (known as the lizard brain) may falsely see ending all nicotine use as though trying to starve yourself to death. It does not think, plan or plot against us but simply reacts to years of input from the brain's dopamine reward pathways, pathways long ago taken hostage by nicotine. The conscious thinking mind can be used to calm and reassure the compulsive lizard brain, especially in the fleeting seconds before dosing off into sleep, when the two draw near.
Measuring Victory - Forget about quitting "forever." Like attempting the seemingly impossible task of eating an entire cow or steer, it is the biggest psychological bite imaginable. Instead, adopt a more manageable "one steak at a time," or better yet "one day at a time," recovery philosophy for measuring victory. If we insist on seeing success only in terms of quitting forever then on which day will we celebrate? Who is coming to that party? Why not celebrate every day of healing and freedom.
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