How Fear Keeps You Smoking and, how to change it
If you’re a smoker and worried about the risks around COVID-19 then now would be a good time to think about quitting for good. It’s a harsh reality that if you’re a smoker you’re more likely to get acute respiratory infections and have a higher risk of those infections becoming severe There has never been a better time to stop smoking. But quitting is hard for many, and perhaps particularly so at a time of great stress and when many of our routines have been so suddenly disrupted Perhaps, like the majority of smokers, the mere thought of stopping fills you with panic If you smoke, the mere thought of giving up can fill you with PANIC…? Is this YOU? You have every intention of quitting one day - just not today… Is this YOU? You are not alone Most smokers continue to smoke for one reason… FEAR! THE ONLY THING THAT PREVENTS US FROM QUITTING IS: FEAR! Fear - that you will have to undergo an unknown period of time suffering feelings of deprivation Fear - that s...