The Ten Commandments of Quitting Smoking

Follow this advice, and you are half way to kicking the addiction. Learn techniques and suggestions on how to ease the struggle of stopping smoking. Proper planning assures success.

Do you want to stop smoking easily and quickly? If so, read this article slowly, so you fully understand what you need to do.

The mind has two parts; the conscious and subconscious. Your conscious mind will want to stop smoking because it’s bad for your health, but your subconscious mind is still aware that smoking makes you feel good about yourself.

However there is a tried and tested way to quit, once you have decided to:

1.

First sit down and write down why you want to quit (the benefits of quitting); live longer, feel better, for your family, save money, smell better, find a mate more easily, etc. This should be easy, because there are so many good reasons to quit. You know what’s bad about smoking and you know what you’ll get from quitting, so go nuts and fill a couple of pages with reasons to quit. Put it on paper and read it daily. This will give you ammunition to use against the addiction when you are craving a smoke.

2.

Ask your family and friends to support your decision to quit. Ask them to be completely supportive and non-judgmental.

3.

Let them know ahead of time that you will probably be irritable and even irrational while you withdraw from your smoking habit, but also tell them in advance not to offer you cigarettes, or give them to you if you ask for them.

4.

Set a quit date. Decide which day you will extinguish your last cigarette.

5.

Talk with your doctor about quitting. Support and guidance from a physician is a proven way to better your chances to quit.

6.

Begin an exercise program. Exercise is simply incompatible with smoking. Exercise relieves stress and helps your body recover from years of damage from cigarettes. But be sure not to overdo the exercise, as your body must build itself back to a good level of fitness.

7.

Do some deep breathing each day for 3 to 5 minutes. Breathe in through your nose very slowly, hold the breath for a few seconds, and exhale very slowly through your mouth.

8.

Have your teeth cleaned professionally. Enjoy the way your teeth look and feel and keep them that way.

9.

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.

10.

Learn what triggers your desire for a cigarette, such as stress, the end of a meal, arrival at work, entering a bar, etc. Avoid these triggers or if that’s impossible, plan alternative ways to deal with the triggers. I found the best way to do this was to recognize the triggers as they happen. Upon recognizing these triggers, enjoy the fact that you are not smoking while the activity setting off your trigger is going on. Relishing the opportunity to see your addiction and laugh in its face makes you feel fantastic.

Lastly 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.

Source: http://www.smokerswebsite.net

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