smoking tomorrow…” , “I’m going to quit smoking
soon…” How many times have you said this and
how many more times have you heard it?
Smokers, like alcoholics, make this pledge many
times in their lives because they need to and they
break it for the simple reason that pledges are
always meant to be broken. This does not mean
that every time you will take a pledge you will
break it. Try to make this the last one because
you can do it and you are going to do it. Believe it
and you will.
HERE’S SOME HELP ON QUITING SMOKING:
1. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can quit.
Think about some of the most difficult things you
have done in your life and realize that you have
the guts and determination to quit smoking. It’s
up to you.
2. After reading this list, sit down and write your
own list, customized to your personality and way
of doing things. Create your own plan for quitting.
3. Set a quit date. Decide what day you will
extinguish your cigarettes forever. Write it down.
Plan for it. Prepare your mind for the “first day of
the rest of your life”. You might even hold a small
ceremony when you smoke you last cigarette, or
on the morning of the quit date.
4. Drink lots of water. Water is good for you
anyway, and most people don’t get enough. It
will help flush the nicotine and other chemicals
out of your body, plus it can help reduce cravings
by fulfilling the “oral desires” that you may have.
5. You need a good reason to quit. Simply
deciding to quit because the sky is blue is not a
sufficient reason. The need to quit smoking is
obvious, but the desire to quit needs to come
from inside in order for the process to be
successful.
6. Look for small rewards that you can give
yourself as you make progress. You are not likely
to just quit cold turkey with no complications. Set
up small rewards that will help you to want to
make progress towards ultimately quitting. This
can be a great motivation to keep you on target.
7. Plan out your quitting strategy. Decide how
you want to try to quit and stick to it. Set a
specific amount of time for your plan. If after a
time, say six weeks you have not quit, work on a
new plan. This will allow ample time to try each
method, while still giving yourself flexibility to try
something else.
8. Work to overcome your struggles. If you are
smoking due to stressful things in your life, you
need to deal with the stress before you can
successfully quit. Regardless of the reason why
you are smoking, it needs to be dealt with in able
to quit for good.
9. Set up a punishment for yourself. For example,
if you generally stop at a Cafe each day for a
coffee you might consider skipping that on days
when you have fallen short of your goals for
smoking. Whatever punishment you select, make
sure it is something that you care about.
10. Seek out help from your friends and family.
You need support as you are trying to quit, and
this will help you to ensure that you are not alone
in the entire process.
11. Look for someone to quit with you. If you are
entirely on your own, you are going to be much
more likely to slip back into smoking. If someone
is working with you and holding you accountable,
you are more likely to struggle to succeed.
Working to quit smoking is not easy, but hard
tasks are much easier to accomplish with a
partner.
12. Aim to quit for good. This might seem a bit
strange, but if you are just planning to quit for a
weekend you are not going to put much effort
into the process. If you are planning to quit for
good, a lot more time and effort is going to go
into the process as well as your plan to quit.
13. And Lastly, look for ways to take your mind
off cigarettes. If you are always thinking about
cigarettes, you may find that you are much more
tempted to smoke. Reading a book, exercising,
talking on the phone, surfing the internet and
even cooking are all great ways to occupy your
mind and keep from thinking about when your
last cigarette was.
The decision to stop smoking can be one of the
best choices that you can make for your health
and your life. So it makes sense to put everything
into it when you decide to quit ensuring success.
Think of the things that motivate you, find a
support system, and use tips like the ones in this
article to create a plan that is sure to succeed.
Most people are readily aware that stopping
smoking can improve their health, but learning
how to really conquer the urges to smoke is not
easy. With so many temptations circulating
around, as well as the stresses of daily life it is
easy to see why jumping into a pack of cigarettes
seems like a good idea.
But, the bottom line is that you need to just take
it one day at a time and step by. You can achieve
the ability to quit smoking, but it is something
that you do not want to look too far in the future.
You do not want to get to the place where you
think you are so strong that you can put yourself
in vulnerable situations. You need to surround
yourself with other non-smokers, or you can hang
with the same friends you have always had as
long as they are respectful to the path which you
are walking; they may even be inspired by you to
take control of their own life.
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