They say attitude is everything but what is the 1 % that's physical? In NOT picking up, lighting & puffing on you know whats (LOL). Naw, I guess that part is mental too. Maybe it's physically putting on a patch, or in typing an S.O.S. distress post, taking a zyban, drinking gallons of water, or just in taking lots and lots of deep breaths.

For those just starting out on your quit remember, a positive attitude can overcome any crave, no matter how massive. Positive or negative, the choice is yours. In your mind, the arrival of a crave can be perceived as good or bad.

Negative thinking can take a moderate crave and amplify its intensity until it drives us to the point of slipping.

A positive thinker can welcome each crave as one more necessary step in this fantastic journey toward becoming a true nonsmoker. As each crave grows weaker just laugh at their arrival as total freedom will soon be yours. Positive thinking is the key to a successful quit.

If you WANT to quit smoking, then you're still undecided. If you WANT to be a nonsmoker, then you're not yet there! If you tell yourself that quitting is HARD, unless you're lying it will be.

If you think you MIGHT slip and have a cigarette, then you just might slip. If you think there is a CHANCE you can fail, chances are you will.

Once you TRULY BELIEVE that smoking is not an option, then it isn't. Once you TRULY SEE yourself as nonsmoker, then you are. We are what we think! Good luck,

Breathe deep, hug hard, live long,

Your bro,

Zep