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“Can this really work?”

written by nnabee on 11/09/2014

So here I am one day having a chat with one of my work colleagues about smoking and his forthcoming appointment to attempt to stop. I must admit he seemed very excited about it and all I could think of is Derren Brown - can this actually be real? You see I’ve been smoking for many many years and I have tried patches – that didn’t work, the new e-cigs – that didn’t work. I had 3 cigs in the morning, 5 during the day, 3 in the evening and even more if I was going out. So in my mind I needed it – that’s my habit. Despite all my good intentions, it seemed that I was destined to continue to smoke cigarettes for the rest of my life. I felt trapped but hey it was my choice to start smoking. Now I couldn’t stop!! That’s life.. Or is it??
I thought that I would wait for my friend to go first and if it doesnt work, which deep down I thought this whole thing was never actually going to work. At least I would be able to take advantage of the situation and take the mick out of him for the rest of my life and I would have saved my money, not to mention face…
So my colleague goes in on a Wednesday evening and I met him the following day, bearing in mind this guy smokes even more than me. He seemed positive in his mood, he wasn’t reliant on cigarettes anymore and this went on for 2 weeks. I thought that I had to get to me some of this!!!
Before booking the appointment, I had a chat with the adviser about my situation. I felt comfortable after the chat and I went along. The actual session was talking about smoking and me – I was still expecting him to dangle a watch in front of my face and swing it from side to side. He didn’t!!! It was really relaxed, the chair was awesome. However, the burning question was – is this truly going to work for me??
Here I am 2 months later and still no cigarette, my wife and kids are happy. As for me ? Well I have released these shackles from my feet and Im free!! My senses are slowly returning back and life is so so much better without those damn cigarettes. Trust me it works!!!
You are a genius – thank you sooooooooooooooooo much