That's why it took me so long to find it!

I've had no need to look in a forum with that title.

And, there it was, waiting for two years!

A little gem of an idea...proven to be true...by at least one person.

We continue to do harmful things to ourselves because our wonderful bodies respond by trying to make us feel better.

And, I suspect, we may defend our little 'oddities' unto the death, simply because we think they are making us feel 'better'.

So, I apply the idea to myself...why, oh why, do I continue to smoke?

You think I don't know any better? Lack of willpower? No encouragement?

Nope!

It's because I feel awful with the toxins still in my body, and a cig makes me feel 'normal'...'okay'.

(You should have seen me this afternoon, when I ran out of the make-your-own tubes!)

Alisaun had the courage to admit to an 'unfortunate' ailment, because she had figured out why she was 'ailing', and overcome it.

Not by 'fighting' the compulsion. Not by 'discipline', or by 'willpower'. Not even by 'hocus-pocus'. Self-esteem (as we usually imagine it - thinking you're a pretty good fellow) didn't even come into it, I believe.

She wanted to be healthier...and followed suggestions found on the CureZone to become so.

Voila! As soon as she began, the compulsion disappeared!

That's what I've been hoping...that one day I'd just forget to smoke.

Now I think I know how to make that happen.

And, I think I can now understand why people I love have a hard time listening to me. Maybe they are protecting the little 'oddities' they think are making them feel 'better'.

My best,

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