Tips 2007

WhyQuit.Com | Joel's Library | The Law | Freedom | Turkeyville Nicotine Deendency !ecovery Tis "isit WhyQuit.com to read articles discussin# each ti$ to watch video %uittin# lessons or to download our two &ree %uittin# books$ Never Take (nother )u&& and Freedom &rom Nicotine * The Journey +ome Link to )DF version o& this document The Law o& (ddiction (Video) - The Law of Addiction states, "administration of a drug to an addict will cause re-establishment of chemical dependence upon the addictive substance" !es, ust one powerful puff, dip or chew and #ou$ll be faced with again enduring up to %& hours of nicotine deto', b# far the most challenging period of recover# e are simpl# not that strong ull ad herence to the following simple restatement of the law of addiction provides a *++ guarantee of success to all no nicotine ust one da# at a time ".ever Ta/e Another 0uff, 1ip or 2hew" (ccet Who We (re, !eal Dru# (ddicts (Video) - .icotine dependenc# is ever# bit as real and permanent as alcoholism Although the nicotine addict$s dopamine high is alert, not drun/ or numb, nicotine dependenc# is ever# bit as real and permanent as alcoholism or heroin addiction An e'ternal chemical has caused the brain dop amine pathwa#s -- the mind$s priorities teacher -- to convince the deep inner mind that regular nicotine feedings are the 3* priorit# in life, more important than famil# , friends, eating, hostile weather, romance, health or life itself 2ontinuing use causes the brain to grow millions of e'tra nicotinic receptors in at least eleven different regions 4nown as tolerance, the brain becomes hard-wired to function on ever so slowl# increasing levels of nicotine inta/e h# pla# games5 Treating a tr ue addiction as though some "nast# little habit" capable of manipulation, modification or control is a recipe for relapse There is no such thing as "ust one" .icotine dependenc# recover# trul# is an all or nothing proposition Calm - our Dee nner /ind - The primitive subconscious mind (/nown as the li6ard brain) ma# falsel# see ending all nicotine use as though tr#ing to starve #ourself to death 7t does not thin/, plan or plot against us but simpl# reacts to #ears of input from the brain$s dopamine reward pathwa#s, pathwa#s long ago ta/en hostage b# nicotine The conscious thin/ing mind can be used to calm and reassure the compulsive li6ard b rain, especiall# in the fleeting seconds before dosing off into sleep, when the two draw near

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