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Author: [[Kenneth Grossman]] Full Title: Mind Over Nicotine Category: #books Successful quitting isn’t about sticking on a patch or swallowing some pills. That doesn’t work. If it did, you would already be successful. Quitting is about transformation. It’s more positive than not doing something or stopping something. Successful quitting is about becoming someone new. Transformation is the key. Metanoia, on the other hand, according to Butler James Glentworth in Topical Analysis of the Bible, means “a change of mind, a change in the trend of action, a transformation of the whole inner nature not only intellectual and moral but emotional. The depth of metanoia increases until it comes to a change in mind, heart and life itself.” That’s what it truly takes to quit, to stop, and to become a non-smoker. You need a commitment from your mind, your heart, and your emotions. This book will help you achieve that in a very short period of time. Chapter 1 Health is not everything, but without health, everything else is nothing. ―Anonymous Chapter 2 No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.—Buddha Chapter 3 To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise, we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. —Buddha It took me years to develop and refine my method. I spent thousands of hours in smoke-filled rooms listening to what smokers had to say. I listened to their stories about how they got started smoking and about why they want to stop smoking. I listened to them speak about all the ways they tried to stop. Visits to tobacco farms in Virginia and tours of the Philip Morris plant helped me understand the profit motive of people in the tobacco industry. Over 90% of smokers really want to stop smoking. However, most go about smoking cessation the wrong way. Either they say, “I’ll give quitting a try” and then make a halfhearted attempt, or they rely on a nicotine patch, nicotine gum, throat sprays, lozenges, or drugs to diminish the effects of nicotine and discover that they still want to smoke.

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Mind Over Nicotine by Kenneth Grossman presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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