You may find your "system" in fighting your habit

From all this came what seemed to be an almost absurdly simple system for breaking the cigarette habit. The method worked, and I have neither smoked nor wanted a cigarette since. A few years of no cigarettes is not a record, of course. But wait, please, because this sys¬tem is "without tears." Friends and acquaintances that have used it report a complete absence of jitters or compulsive eating. Even in a situation so difficult for the reformed chain smoker as this—living with and loving a wife who refused to stop smoking her two packs a day—even then the system worked.

The approach I want to suggest to you makes use of several principles of self-hypnosis. But it does not "put you into a trance," and it doesn't cause you to act like a robot.

It May Seem Too Easy

In fact, one of the troubles with my system is that it is so undramatic. Nothing happens. You just don't want to smoke any more, the way you just don't want to shoot marbles or play with dolls any more. You've out¬grown it, and that's all.

For all practical purposes, you're going to have to talk your¬self to sleep for a few nights. You may have done that to others at some time in your life—now you must make yourself yawn and nod.

It is as simple as substituting a new habit for the old habit of smoking. The new habit does not have to involve licorice eating or using a pacifier or gritting your teeth in self-control, but can be simply something that you are interested in. Try this and you will be surprised at the results.

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