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"The truth
about Smokers 'Pleasure Paradox' "
Smokers love excuses. They get a small kick out of saying
things like, 'I can't quit because [insert pitiful excuse
here]' they really believe their own excuses.
All these excuses are cop-outs. There's no good reason to
smoke and no real way of rationalizing it. Smoking doesn't
have any redeeming benefits. It's 100% harmful.
Many smokers don't want to hear that. In fact, they already
know it's poison. They just ignore the facts staring them in
the face. They just haven't yet discovered how to quit.
Reading the truth, in a non-aggressive, non threatening way,
helps to get started on the quit smoking path.
So the excuse, 'I enjoy them', 'they give me pleasure', needs
to be examined carefully. Do smokers really enjoy smoking? Or
are they making a 'Can't quit' excuse?
In reality, the pleasure comes from the experiences associated
alongside smoking. For example, the company, the morning
coffee, the early morning drives...
But it doesn't come from smoking itself.
In fact, smoking becomes the 'avoidance of displeasure',
rather than the 'gaining of pleasure'. Smoking brings
temporary relief to the withdrawal symptoms that smoking
caused in the first place.
Have you always smoked? Or do you remember back to a time you
felt peace and confidence, before this addiction took hold of
you? Any pleasure comes from temporary relief of withdrawal
symptoms created by the nicotine in the first place.
That's the sad truth.
Where's the pleasure in loss of taste? A build up of tar and
other chemicals on the tongue causes a gradual loss of taste
due to clogging and decimation of taste buds. Smokers
sometimes don't notice because it slowly happens over many
years.
In fact, good company and conversation provide the pleasure,
which a smoker mistakenly associates with his cigarette.
What else causes us to associate pleasure with cigarettes?
Unfortunately, over many years, cigarettes have featured
prominently in movies. Famous, beautiful people seem to love
their cigarettes.
From a scientific point of view, this happens because nicotine
attaches to the sympathetic points in the brain, causing
associations between enjoyable experiences which cause the
brain to release dopamine, which bonds with the nicotine.
Have you noticed how most romantic movie moments used to
involve two people lighting up cigarettes together?
Luckily that's less common in modern times, but who can forget
Humphrey Bogart and in the classic old films.
Cigarettes still get advertised around the world, associated
with something pleasurable. Once again,
Romance, freedom, open countryside, tranquility are all
scenarios used to advertise cigarettes.
This psychological conditioning prevents thousands of people
quitting. The myth of 'pleasure' is stronger than the reality
of physical nicotine dependency.
Truth be known, nicotine disappears from the body in under a
month. The only thing causing someone to start smoking after 6
months of having quit is the psychological addictions, or
“talking themselves back into it.”
Have you ever heard a smoker say they can't wait for their
children or grandchildren to get started smoking? Of course
not!
They know it's harmful, and usually openly admit they would
like to quit.
They even agree with policies that restrict smoking in public
places!
They admit they found the taste awful at first. But persevered
so they could seek the pleasure they hoped to emulate. Nature
makes poisons foul-tasting for good reason - a warning not to
use that substance.
Smoking actually removes pleasures previously taken for
granted.
We've already covered taste. How about physical fitness? How
about the ability to run more than a few yards without gasping
for breath? How about your long suffering non-smoking friends
and family, who must breathe passive smoke, and find their
clothes foul smelling in the morning?
So the biggest pleasure in quitting smoking actually comes
from regaining past pleasures! Unless you're a lifelong
smoker, you've forgotten the simple pleasures lost. It comes
from regaining freedom and liberation from something you
handed your freedom over to for so many years.
But here's some good news. Those pleasures can come back. When
you quit, your senses eventually return to normal, as if you
had never smoked in your life.
Once again, you will taste and enjoy food. Taste starts to
return after only a few days. Over time, your fitness will
improve. Your habits will change as your non-smoking
personality starts to emerge.
The pleasure of non-smoking far outweighs any imaginary
pleasure from smoking. Regaining life's simple pleasures is a
worthwhile goal, and good reason to quit smoking right now.
Source:
http://www.smokerswebsite.net |
