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jimi
Posted Nov 26, 2004 8:09 AM
DEPRIVATION ... Imagine how you would feel if someone took away your cigarettes, locked you in a cell, and forced you to stop smoking against your will. Angry, anxious, depressed, outraged, scheming, defiant, self-pitying--these are a few of the responses that come to mind. If you tell yourself, "I'm quitting. I can't smoke anymore," you are making a mistake in logic, a mistake which will lead to all the same terrible feelings you would get if you were locked up. "I can't smoke," really means, "I'm a prisoner. I have no choices. I am not free." The truth is that I am always free to smoke. If I am not smoking, it's because I am choosing not to, not because I can't. Knowing this clearly defuses the sense of deprivation that I feel when I act like a prisoner. |
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