| Helpful Hints for Quitting Smoking |
Have a positive attitude about your ability to quit.
Most withdrawal symptoms are gone after one week.
Prepare to replace smoking with another behavior or activity. Do things that do not allow you to smoke.
Identify a variety of ways to reward yourself for stopping smoking.
Ask yourself the following questions;
- Why do I want to stop? Write down your reasons for wanting to stop.
- Have I stopped smoking before for at least a day?
- How did I do it?
- What helped?
- What were the problems I had?
- Why did I return to smoking?
Use what you have learned from past experiences to help you with your present efforts.
Identify your motivations to stop, for example:
- "I don't want my children to grow up and smoke because of me"
- "I want to walk up hills without losing all my breath"
- "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired"
Identify stressful situations, which will trigger your desire to smoke in the first few days. Avoid these like the plague, or go into them defensively prepared.
You can talk about quitting smoking all you want, but you will never quit until you pick a quit date and get on with the task!
My whole waking life used to revolve around cigarettes and the act of smoking. Think about it. Your little friends never left your side. Insanity!
For those quitting cold turkey, it does get easier after each passing day. - Debbie -
"Ex-smokers are different. They are more sure of themselves, their actions and their consequences. Having persevered through a difficult struggle, ex-smokers are stronger emotionally than the average person is. They have acquired important coping skills thru this struggle and realized intimate self-truths..."
"I have come to realize that cigarettes in fact contribute to stress. Dependency on an artificial stimulant just complicates life's difficult situations. Recall the dread when you have to "perform" in front of colleagues without the help of your little friend. Recall the longing for a break when you can hurry outside onto the street to nurse your habit. Recall the company of those junkie circles, outcast fellow addicts. I now have more confidence in myself, knowing that I can survive, get by, cope, and eventually prevail and rise above those nasty cigarettes.
Once you are free and clear, STAY FREE AND CLEAR!
The first few days are critical for you to hang on tight and not light up. You are establishing breathing room between you and your last cigarette. This breathing room is important, to build confidence and give your body time to flush the nicotine out of your body and blood.
Never believe that you can become a social smoker i.e. just having an occasional smoke on special occasions... This is a LIE! Less than 4 % of the population have this peculiar talent or strength, and I doubt they are telling the whole truth. You will most surely begin smoking again, if you think you can have just one.Continued...Page 2
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