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KNOWLEDGE: GET SOME!

First, if you haven’t read yesterday’s article, please do that, then come back here.

In just a moment, I’m going to give you some links to pages with some very important information.  Before I do that, I want to stress the importance of reading that information before you attempt to quit smokeless tobacco.  If you’ve tried to quit before, obviously you still have a desire to quit — otherwise you wouldn’t be here reading this.

Also, just as obvious, you failed at quitting smokeless tobacco before.  That’s ok.  Stop beating yourself up.  Even if you have tried and failed to quit before, YOU CAN STILL QUIT!  I can not begin to count the number of times I tried to quit before I was actually successful.

Know your enemy. The purpose of the articles I want you to read today is to provide you insight into the true enemy here.  Your enemy isn’t snuff, chewing tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, or pipe tobacco.  Your enemy is nicotine.  You are addicted to nicotine.

Maybe you are ashamed of being addicted to something as simple as nicotine.  Don’t be — because that isn’t true — it isn’t simple.  You’ll discover from reading these articles that nicotine addiction can be as difficult to overcome as addictions to cocaine and heroin.  If nicotine use was illegal, I firmly believe that it would be sold on the streets just as other hardcore drugs are.  It is a very big deal!  That shame is what keeps you addicted.  That shame is what keeps you a slave.  That shame is what will kill you.

It is very important that you educate yourself about your enemy — nicotine.  Learn the effects it has on you.  Better yet, you need to be intimately familiar with nicotine withdrawal.  When you begin experiencing the effects of nicotine withdrawal, you will be able to survive those battles — because you educated yourself, and you know what to expect.

I want to say just one thing.  You can do this!

Are you ready to start reading your way to freedom?  Some of these articles deal with smoking cessation.  That’s ok — read them anyway.  Remember, it’s about breaking your addiction to nicotine.  Here you go!

Please pass this along to anyone you know who needs it!

Have you struggled with nicotine addiction?  Please share with us in the comments!

NICOTINE ADDICTION ARTICLES

Nicotine Addiction 101 This article links to many other pages.  Start reading and see where it takes you.

Joel Spitzer’s Quit Smoking Library

Never Take Another Puff e-book by Joel Spitzer

Freedom From Nicotine – The Journey Home e-book by John R. Polito

Need more stuff to read?  Go here and go crazy.

Related Control Yourself! Articles

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How To Quit Smokeless Tobacco — Part 3:  5 Things To Consider

How To Quit Smokeless Tobacco — Part 4:  Know Your Triggers

How To Quit Smokeless Tobacco — Part 5:  Getting Support

5 Reasons Why You Should Not Quit Smoking

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