Quit Smoking eBook Is Ready

Edition #66 — February 24, 2005

Well, it was a couple of months (plus 7 years) in the making, but my new eBook, How I Finally Quit Smoking — For Good, is now available from my website.

Although it is intended for smokers who want to quit smoking, it does offer a LOT of great insights. At 104 pages, it's been fully Rolandized. There is a fascinating look at cigarette advertising and the psychology of how cigarette companies get kids to start smoking. This may be of special interest to parents with tweens and high school aged children.

For those on my list, I'd like to get your feedback on this effort. Let me know what you think. This is a free eBook. I've made it an option to donate to realitycheckers.com but it's not necessary to gain access to the book.

Below is the link to the downloads page. If you have any problems getting the files, try a copy and paste into your browser, or "save as" or contact me.

QUIT_SMOKING_eBook

Here are a few excerpts:

  • (from section two) "Ironically, our addictions can be seen as gifts. They offer an opposing force in our lives to help us build stronger spiritual muscles. They push us backwards, so we must push back even harder to regain our balance. In fact, we must push in the opposite direction, and with far more grace. Addictions help us find our spiritual weak spots so we can fix them — if we want to."
  • (from section two) "Identity is one of the main reasons why we start smoking. Perhaps we were trying to be someone else when we first got addicted. Our mimicry of others is necessary for success but it can also make us vulnerable to copying self-defeating behaviors. This is especially true for teenagers and impressionable adults who may act against their own better judgment in an effort to fit in with some social group. Their fear of isolation easily overwhelms their fear of danger."
  • (from section three) "The secret to luring people into nicotine addiction is to make the delivery device itself the attraction. If a consumer can be drawn into the act of smoking long enough, they will become addicted to the drug within the burning material. Once hooked, addiction will provide all the incentive a newly-recruited addict needs to keep buying nicotine."

And now, on to the next thing

A Cute Little Joke

A couple of days ago a friend told me a joke worth repeating because it's kind of cute.

A mother is beside herself over the behaviour of her two sons who are constantly getting into trouble. She finally decides to take the two boys, aged 5 and 9 years old, to a local priest.

The priest takes the oldest boy and places him on a chair in the centre of a room. He stands a distance away and asks the boy "Where is god?"

The boy doesn't answer.

The priest, looking slightly annoyed, moves in closer. Pointing his finger at the boy he asks again in a louder tone "Where is god?"

Silence. The boy looks nervous but still doesn't answer.

Frustrated, the priest moves in close enough that his finger is now almost touching the boy's face as he bellows out "WHERE IS GOD?"

The boy, now obviously frightened, still doesn't answer.

The priest, irrate over his failure to get a response, sends the older boy to fetch his younger brother.

The older boy leaves the room and goes to the waiting area where his little brother is sitting. The younger boy sees the worried look on his older brother's face and knows that something is very wrong. "What happened? What Happened? What's going on?"

The older brother takes him aside and says "This looks bad, really bad! We're really in deep trouble now. God is missing — and they think we've got him!"

all the best, and let's see what next month brings.


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