Newsletter Day 21

Hi ,            Wednesday Oct 21,  2009                     Send to a Friend Wednesday, Day 21 of your Quitober Challenge. Welcome back to day 21 of your challenge . I hope all our members are continuing their challenge to quit with strength & confidence. Quitober Says: Today's newsletter is on the subconscious & how it effects our decisions.   Your Say Nicholas from UA says:  "My advice would be to take one day at a time… I also have not had a drink since I started Quitober and I think that’s made a difference." Quitober says:   Good to hear Nic, and a good tip for drinkers. I do not consider myself a smokers but have had a smoke a couple of times a year & always when drunk.  Funny... since there has been no smoking in pubs I have only had the 1 cigarette in over 2 years. So I agree smoking & drinking are closely linked. Honour System  If you have started to smoke again please let us know by clicking: "I have started to smoke again" and add your email address to notify us.   Quit Smoking Tips Tip 21 :                                                                     *Tip supplied by Allen Carr's Easy Way Excerpt from Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Quit Smoking" book. At any time you can click through to read this full chapter. Ch 7. Brainwashing and the Subconscious (Excerpts from Allen Carr's Easy Way Ch 7, P31-35) .....I find this brainwashing aspect the most difficult of all to explain. Why is it that an otherwise rational, intelligent human being becomes a complete imbecile about his own addiction? It pains me to confess that out of the thousands of people that I have assisted in kicking the habit, I was the biggest idiot of all. ....I knew it was killing me. There was no way I could kid myself otherwise. But why I couldn't see what it was doing to me mentally I cannot understand. It was almost jumping up and biting me on the nose. The ridiculous thing is that most smokers suffer the delusion at some time in their life that they enjoy a cigarette. I never suffered that delusion, I smoked because I thought it helped me to concentrate and because it helped my nerves. ....It is the brainwashing that is the main difficulty in giving up smoking. The brainwashing of our upbringing in society reinforced with the brainwashing from our own addiction and, most powerful of all, the brainwashing of our friends, relatives and colleagues. ......We are about to remove the brainwashing. It is not the non-smoker who is being deprived but the poor smoker who is forfeiting a lifetime of:   HEALTH ENERGY WEALTH PEACE OF MIND CONFIDENCE COURAGE SELF-RESPECT HAPPINESS FREEDOM.   And what does he gain from these considerable sacrifices?   ABSOLUTELY NOTHING-except the illusion of trying to get back to the state of peace, tranquility and confidence that the non-smoker enjoys all the time. (Excerpts from Allen Carr's Easy Way Ch 7, P31-35) Alllen Carr's Easy Way (Free download of complete book PDF)   You Tube Spot Allen Carr's Easy Way     Sponsors Corner Discounts on an Advanced Quitting Program. All Quitober members get 20%off Allen Carr's Easyway to stop smoking. Normally $550, but for Quitober members only $440. Allen Carr's Easy Way have clinics around Australia. Just quote your Quitober membership number to receive the discount. See Jonathan Wills the Allen Carr rep for Brisbane at the University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba & Springfield campuses during our FREE pizza lunch & info sessions.   Twit or Tweets You can follow us on Twitter.com/Quitober or Facebook.com/Quitober Realtime results on Twitter for quit smoking near:Australia within:2500km : Results below.   Caryn69: @fleurybanery Aww thats awesome! I will keep going. Champix is amazing, I can't believe how much I don't feel like smoking! Quit day is Mon. Perth, Australia eetil: planning to quit smoking Australia   antzpantz: @Viennah In any case, I'll support you and your quitting smoking. I've just remembered that Dad quit smoking 20 years ago for me. Perth, Western Australia Melysa25: Tomorrow I quit smoking officially......let the insanity begin! MTL ravenstar2873: For the past few days everything I eat tastes rancid. I finally figured out my taste buds must be waking up now I've quit smoking. Australia Guru_Fit: Stopping Weight Gain While Quitting Smoking Many people who quit smoking gain 10 pounds, but not you... http://twa.lk/7UHcD Sydney Australia marcofratelli: Smoking is the leading cause of statistics. RT @Pixie_Maw: *gag* guess I could attempt to quit smoking now since they're not so good today.. Perth, Western Australia Thank you for all of your contributions Regards The Quitober Team Look at this email online, Click Here: