What To Do With The Ashtrays And Lighters?
June 16th, 2009 | Published in How I Kicked The Habit
So what should you do with your ashtrays and cigarette lighters?
Well, first let’s see what most people do. Most people quit using willpower so they worry about distractions and bad influences. So most people throw out any ashtrays and lighters. They don’t want to have any smoking tools handy in case they start again. They also think that throwing them out is a positive statement of their action.
And then what do they do? When they start to smoke again, they buy new ashtrays and lighters! I should invest in the stock of these manufacturers because these are such great cash cow investments!
So what should you do? You will not be stopping smoking by willpower. You will be using logic to understand your addiction and stop smoking because you no longer have a desire to smoke anymore and you choose not to.
Superstition will not help you to stop smoking and you don’t need it - you prefer logic. So whether you keep the ashtrays and lighters or not should not have any effect on your success in stopping. Anyway, you WILL succeed at stopping smoking - there is no question of that, so the presence of ashtrays and lighters is IRRELEVANT.
Lighters can be handy for other things such as lighting candles so keep hold of them. Ashtrays are also useful for visitors to your home who are smokers. Whether you decide that now is the time for a smoke free atmosphere and banish them to your back yard, or whether you still permit smoking inside your house - they are going to need an ashtray so they don’t make a mess.
Keep your ashtrays and lighters, they will be handy. You are way above needing superstitions to help you quit smoking.
