Quitting with help Phase Two

Staying smoke free and not relapsing

Here is the most valuable secret I can share with you, and probably the most important information on this page.

After the urges to smoke have become more and more infrequent, overwhelming surprise attacks are sure to come, a few weeks and months into your new smoke free life.

When these nearly out-of-control urges came (and they always engulfed me in unexpected moments), I learned that if I did my deep breathing (see above), and if I could just HOLD ON for 5 minutes -- the overpowering urge to smoke would completely pass.

That is by far the single most important thing I learned -- the hard way -- about how to quit successfully.

Because I didn't know this, I failed 11 times. I finally stopped for good on my 12th try, in spring 1985. It's the key to what has empowered me to stay smoke free for the past dozen years or so.

So know that out-of-control, very nearly irresistible urges to have "just one" are going to take you by surprise, like a sudden gale that seems to come from nowhere. This will happen one or more times in the coming months.

Every time it does, do your deep breathing (see above), hold on for 5 minutes -- you can do it -- and the urge will completely pass.

I'm convinced that this is the single most important secret to quitting for life.

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