Quit Smoking How-To
May 30, 2009 by Admin
Filed under Stop Smoking General
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First just make sure you know why you want to quit. Read as many anti-smoking articles as possible and talk to as many people who quitted as you can. After a while, your desire to quit smoking will be founded by real facts. Do not think too much about this decision, with each second that passes your lungs and your entire body suffers. Talking to others will allow you to learn that no one knows a secret trick which you are unfamiliar to, the only secret is will.
Why you should be quitting
Appreciate and note down all possible reasons:
-You will be adding a few more years to your life.
- You will not be considered a risk factor for strokes or cancer.
- You will stop hurting those in your family who have to breathe in your smoke, you will stop polluting your baby while he is in the joovy caboose tandem stroller and you smoke besides him
- You will have more energy and you will love life more.
- You can save money for a pleasurable activity, as a vacation or a nice home asset.
Make a “quit smoking” journal
No one can make you do anything, except yourself. A secret journal will help you evaluate all your reasons when it becomes hard to stay away from cigarettes. Here you could be answering yourself some smoking related questions:
Did smoking for so long influenced your today self and personality?
Where does you life need improvement?
What to do about other people that smoke around you?
Are there things you like about a cigarette?
What makes you hate smoking?
Who can support you if you quit?
What would you be gaining if you quit?
Think of a date you want to quit
Decide on an early date. Do not delay it and make sure you pick a clear day of this month if you don’t want to lose your enthusiasm. Pick a period in which you know you won’t have many stressful factors to deal with. Plan a well though of daily schedule during the first days. Because the first days are very hard, you should think of a period when you can keep your mind busy with something else.
During the first days, some persons prefer being overloaded and doing every minute something else. And some want to sleep. This is a decision that belongs to each one of us, but you’ll have to be ready to do whatever it takes to feel as comfortable as possible. Even sleeping for a long time can help. These few days you will experience sever addiction symptoms, but they will pass. It’s only part of the long process you need to go through if you want to return to living a normal life. You will finally be able to quit smoking and experience total freedom, as you should’ve since…a long time.
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