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From: MSN NicknameJoeJFree-Gold-  in response to Message 1Sent: 12/7/2005 12:24 PM
Hi Jessie,
 
In one of the article links Joel has recommended above (General Comments About the Use of Zyban) I wrote this comment.

You don't need anything else to 'help' you quit smoking.  You need No 'Program', No Pills, No Patches, No Pieces of Gum, No Potions, No Powders in capsules.
 
To quit smoking you just need to - QUIT SMOKING! 
 
All you need is Motivation, Determination and Education to Never take another puff, No Matter What.  The relatively short period of adjustment to Dealing With Life Without the Drug that is the quitting part of the overall healing process can be challenging.  But the rewards on the other end of that in comparison brief period of adjustment are immeasurable.
 
Jessie, I spent years working with the same misconception that you suggest.  That getting rid of tobacco smoking is too hard to do on your own.  That you need 'something else'  a 'remedy' to support and enable you to quit smoking.  In a way, that is true.  The educational information & support like I found at the FreedomFromTobbacoQuitSmokingNow forum proved to be the crucial missing component I'd been looking for for over 20 years in my desire to be smoke free.  Not a pill, not a potion, not a patch - A Promise is what I needed.
 
A Promise that it can be done by getting clean of nicotine.
A Promise that 'If I could do it so can you'.
A Promise that 'It will get better with time'.
A Promise that living nicotine free is as we were meant to be, naturally comfortable.
 
Nicotine Cessation Support, whether 3-D or virtual from others in similar circumstances from all over the world, gives validation that a smoke free future is attainable.  YOU already possess everything you need to quit smoking.  YOU already possess the most crucial component - a desire to be free from smoking nicotine.  YOU can do it! 
 
"You are stronger than you seem, smarter than you look and braver than you believe."
 
Some 'Interesting' Reading:

Joe