{"id":146885,"date":"2019-10-09T12:53:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:03:14","slug":"strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting smoking and vaping, I am useless. Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section  class=\"container container--large article-container\">\n            <div class=\"article \">\n            <div class=\"article__sidebar\">\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section author\">\n                    <div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-200x133.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-50x33.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-100x67.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-200x133.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-400x267.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>                                            <\/div>\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Written By<\/span>\n                    <a class=\"u-text-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/\" title=\"I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting smoking and vaping, I am useless. Why? Bio\">\n                        <h5 class=\"author__author\">I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting smoking and vaping, I am useless. 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Why?\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-twitter-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Twitter\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        \n        \n    <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n        <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/\"\n            data-behaviour=\"copy-link\" title=\"Click to copy\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-sharelink-fill.svg\" alt=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"article__content\">\n                <h1 class=\"article__title\">I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting smoking and vaping, I am useless. Why?<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-880x587.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-220x147.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-440x293.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-880x587.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103351\/willpower-challenge-iStock_000066984817_Large-min1-3-1760x1173.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-facebook-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Facebook\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/&#038;text=I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting smoking and vaping, I am useless. Why?\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-twitter-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Twitter\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        \n        \n    <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n        <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n            href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-smoking-quit-vaping\/\"\n            data-behaviour=\"copy-link\" title=\"Click to copy\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-sharelink-fill.svg\" alt=\"Copy link to clipboard\"\/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>                <\/div>\n\n                \n                \n                \n                \n\n<p><p class=\"larger_text\">It is a common misconception that it takes willpower to quit smoking and vaping, and that belief alone can make it difficult to quit. But does it really take willpower to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-smoking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quit smoking and vaping<\/a>?, or is it a shift of perspective that is really needed?<\/p>\n<p>You only need willpower not to do something that you actually want to do. If you don\u2019t want to do something, it doesn\u2019t take willpower not to do it. The difficulty that many experience is because even though they want to quit, they still want to smoke. They want to smoke because they believe that the cigarette gives them some kind of pleasure or crutch.<\/p>\n<p>Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway shows smokers how their desire to smoke is based on a trick that nicotine played on their brain when they were starting out as smokers. We can teach you how to correct your perspective with respect to smoking in a way that leaves you with no desire to smoke whatsoever. And with no desire to smoke, it doesn\u2019t take willpower to quit. 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