Talk to a live human being free
Call 1-800-QUIT NOW for free support with a trained counselor, who will talk to you whether you are ready to quit or just thinking about it. This number will forward to your State's tobacco cessation program, which offers live phone support in your area. When you call, a friendly staff person will offer a choice of free services, including self-help materials, a referral list of other programs in your community, and one-one-counseling over the phone.
There is also the National Cancer Institute's Smoking Quit line, 1-877-44U-Quit, offering proactive counseling by trained personnel.
Sorry, but there's no magic pill
Don't count on any of these programs to make it a breeze. None of them will do that -- but they WILL absolutely reduce your distress by 15% to 50%, depending on how addicted you are psychologically, vs. physically -- and that may well make all the difference this time around.
I'm not promising it will be easy -- it will likely be difficult for a few days or weeks. So get your resolve and willpower up, because you'll need it. Remember, you CAN do it.
Don't ask, "Does this program work?" Rather, ask yourself, "Am I willing to DO the work?"
You know how to work, don't you? I'm betting that you do.
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