Adult Pacifiers: Do Cigarette Smokers Subconsciouly Hate Themselves?
Yesterday, as I was conversing with one of my cigarette smoking friends, I had a revelation of sorts. There were a few smoker friends around the pool, and I kept hearing, "I need a cigarette," as they exhaled heavily, making me believe that the cigarette would provide the same life-prolonging sustenance as would oxygen, or a drink of water while stranded in the middle of the desert.
If I can just manage to crawl to that cigarette ... life as I know it will continue!
My revelation was this: Cigarettes are just adult pacifiers.
I asked my smoker pal if she had ever heard cigarettes called "adult pacifiers" before, and she said that she hadn't ... but admitted that the term made perfect sense. (Since then, I Googled the term, and found a couple mentions of the idea. But I had never actually heard it before.)
I said, "Most people smoke cigarettes because they're bored, stressed, or need to deal with anxiety issues." She agreed. So when the adult-baby is feeling the least bit uncomfortable, it screams for its wuddul pacifier, and the crying stops.
I told her of my own days smoking cigarettes, back when I lacked the mental discipline I currently possess. I said, "I started smoking cigarettes as a way to get out of annoying 'fan conversations' when I had to do club appearances for the radio station." Twenty different people would come up to me in the club to tell me something they heard me do on the radio ... and it was like they never wanted to leave. So as a way to "break away" from the conversation, I'd say, "Thanks man. I'm gonna go smoke this cigarette," and proceed to bring the conversation to an end.
I slowly began cultivating my mental discipline. I realized that if I wanted to stop smoking cigarettes, I'd just have to make a decision to not put cigarettes in my mouth — one day at a time.
I no longer put cigarettes in my mouth.
And this brings us to the bigger issue: Do cigarette smokers subconsciously hate themselves?
Why else would a human being knowingly ingest highly toxic chemicals into their body?
When I first posted this topic on my Facebook wall, I could tell that it really hit a nerve with some of my smoker friends. Not to mention, I work in a bar that allows smoking — and most of our customers are smokers. While I try to keep my website beliefs separate from my discussion topics while bartending ... I do have customers who visit my website, so they, too, are influenced by my posts.
For those who may choose to feel offended by this post, I just want you to understand that I do it because I care. =)
Most people who smoke cigarettes have lost their innocence ... they've forgotten that they have complete control over what they put into their body. It's almost like they're on auto-pilot ... they've just developed the habit of "having to run to the store to pick up some smokes." They do it unconsciously.
However, in the same way you cultivated your smoking habit (by making a decision again and again), you can cultivate your healthy habit of not smoking (by making a decision again and again).
But let's face it, you don't have the mental discipline to do that. You don't have what it takes to, quite simply, not put cigarettes in your mouth — one day at a time. It's because, subconsciously, you don't like yourself very much. You don't consider yourself worthy of returning to the days when you were a vibrant non-smoker ... who had their entire life ahead of them. You've given up on your dreams.
You've forgotten that your new life can begin right now.
And that's not just regarding your addiction to cigarettes. That's about everything in your life.
It can begin anew today.
Cigarettes simply represent the outward expression of inner self-hatred.
As soon as you're ready to start loving yourself, your health, and your life again, you'll make a decision to stop putting cigarettes in your mouth. In other words, you'll make a decision to stop putting carcinogenic , cancer-causing toxins into your body.
What else could you do with the $150 a month you waste on cigarettes? Invest in a gym membership and take control of your brand new life?
Here's my challenge to you: Starting right now, make a decision to not put cigarettes into your mouth for the next 30 days. In 30 days, you can go back to smoking cigarettes.
Honor yourself, your kids, and the people around you ... by being mentally strong enough to not smoke for the next 30 days.
It's simple. And you can do it.
Even if you don't love you right now ... I do. I love your potential. =)
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Posted by Brandon Merhout aka NN at 7/19/2010 11:15 AM 
Categories: Sobriety, Quitting Smoking, Failure, 30-Day Challenges
Tags: how can I quit smoking cigarette smoking causes cancer do people who smoke hate themselves cigarettes are adult pacifiers
Categories: Sobriety, Quitting Smoking, Failure, 30-Day Challenges
Tags: how can I quit smoking cigarette smoking causes cancer do people who smoke hate themselves cigarettes are adult pacifiers
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