About Pavel Somov
Smoke 2 Quit

awaken the zombie-mind. start your program of smoking cessation with the prep-work of awareness-building. 

toss a monkey wrench into the machine of your smoking mindlessness. break a pattern to infuse a lungful of mindful fresh air into the staleness of the habit.  smoke mindfully to quit mindfully. 

pause to have a puff of presence and mindfulness.  switch your smoking hands to switch off your smoking mind.  change your finger-grip.  change your lip-grip.  get a different lighter.  light with a match if you use a lighter or light with a lighter if you usually use a match.  after you buy a new pack, un-pack the cigs and pack them wrong. 

why?  so that your mind wakes up when you pull them out of the pack.  you get the idea: notice all the smoking micro-behaviors and keep startling your smoking mind with ever new smoking twists. 

why?  just to warm up that cold turkey, you know.  note: this program of awareness-building in and of itself might not be enough. 

there are, of course, other phases to this mindful quitting process...