Hi Future Non Smoker
I heard the look after your meat bag comment somewhere and it seemed to apply very powerfully to quitting smoking.
A week ago today I checked into hospital to have a knee reconstruction. I was moved through a series of pre-surgery rooms over a period of three hours. I got to see a variety of people having either day surgery or staying overnight like myself or longer depending on their situation.
As we sat in a lounge wearing our surgical gowns, thankfully covered by a cosy dressing gown, having had various body parts shaved, and two things came to mind.
Firstly the look after your meat bag comment, at that time I was wishing I had been a bit kinder on my knee and perhaps a bit luckier.
Secondly that while everyone seemed relaxed, there was an undercurrent of anxiety in that room. Facing the unknown is always a bit scary. I’m no doctor but it appeared that like me, the others here were also getting something repaired.
There didn’t appear to be any truly sick people. This meant that anywhere from days to weeks most of us would be back to normal.
But there are other wards where people are ill and some will not be going home. They don’t have the luxury of a body that will heal, their lives are forever changed.
Humans have worked out a lot of ways to damage their meat bag, and smoking is one of the more interesting. A slow destruction of tissue and organ function, with a virtually guaranteed outcome of death or a least serious dysfunction.
The meat bag is extremely tough and resilient, it does its best to cope with all kinds of dietary and chemical abuse. But it can only do so much, and the problem is that you don’t know when it simply says enough is enough.
It could be at 105 years old or it could be at 35 if you push it hard enough. It’s a roll of the dice and many factors will determine the outcome. One person can smoke all of their life and die in their sleep at 99, but another could smoke 20 per day and fall foul of cancer at 30.
The problem is very few fall into the 99 group and luckily few fall into the 30 group but many fall in to the middle of life group. So why not just use hypnosis to quit smoking this week and give your meat bag a break.
To quit smoking the fast easy way just call me for a complementary chat on 1300 203 422 in Australia.
You can quit with me at Buderim, Sought Brisbane or Toowoomba, or use my successful online audio programme.
All the best
Ian Newton
