Have you been feeling like you are fighting an impossible cause with your attempt to quit smoking? Have you been feeling like you have attempted quitting for too long and are annoyed due to your defeat? Do you find it encouraging to grasp that you aren't the sole smoker who did not stop smoking? Or maybe you find comfort in the fact that many smokers take multiple undertakings before ultimately conquering the smoking fixation?[]
If you want to grow the will and the motivation to succeed, you will have to learn the implications of quitting. Try to use the "cold turkey method" that means instant stop. The first milestone would be the first day. If you are able to stay without smoking for a whole day, you are on the good path. Three days is another important milestone, as the nicotine would start to be eliminated from the body. After two weeks, you won't think about a cigarette every moment of the day, but the satisfaction of quitting would start to disappear.
This is a crucial moment, as many people smoke "one cigarette" after this period, just to see how it is. The little monster called nicotine spreads in the body, and there you are, a smoker again. You will have to remember that there is no such thing as "one cigarette". You will have to educate your brain to think "non-smoking", as the body would be easily used with the new situation this way. The best way is to shift the focus from smoking to some other activity. First of all, restrict the visiting of smoking places and hide all the stuff related to smoking. Than, find the activity that will substitute smoking, e.g. start 3-month fitness program with the goal to loose some weight or achieve some personal record. Once your brain is switched, you will find it a lot easier to live without cigarettes.
Have a think to yourself about the consequences of you not stopping smoking now, if you just carry on and on. Imagine it, what will happen if you carry on smoking. What are the consequences? Imagine yourself in 6 months time, a years time, even 5 years time if you do not stop smoking now. Think of all the detrimental effects of not stopping right now and how a simple decision you make today can make such an impact on your future.Next, imagine how much better is your life going to be when you stop smoking. Really imagine it's months from now and you successfully stopped.
As you know, there are tons of stop smoking tips on the market. We see them every time we go to the store and watch television. Smoking is a terrible addiction that most people around the world think they can kick. You need to realize that every time you are smoking a cigarette, you are killing yourself, slowly. There are hundreds of nasty chemicals in each cigarette and you are putting that into your body. The addictive chemical in there is called nicotine. Your body craves it and it's telling you to smoke another cigarette. Don't do it. The best thing you can do is to say no. Try to busy yourself to keep your mind occupied.
Smokers sometimes use their habit to give themselves little breaks during the day. Taking a break is good for you, so carry on taking that time off - but do something different. Walk round the block, have a cup of tea or drink of water, or do some of the techniques on this programme. In fact, if possible drink a lot of fruit juice. When you stop smoking the body goes through a big change. The blood sugar levels tend to fall, the digestion is slowed down and your body starts to eject the tar and poisons that have accumulated. Fresh fruit juice contains fructose which restores your blood sugar levels, vitamin C which helps clear out impurities and high levels of water and fibre to keep your digestion going. Also try to eat fruit every day for at least two weeks after you have stopped.Also when you stop, cut your caffeine intake by half. Nicotine breaks down caffeine so without nicotine a little coffee will have a big effect. Drink 8-10 glasses of water (ideally bottled) to help wash out your system.
You were used to using cigarettes to signal to your body to release happy chemicals, so next we are going to programme some good feelings into your future. Allow yourself to fully remember now a time when you felt very deep ecstasy, pleasure or bliss, right now. Take a moment to recall it as vividly as possible. Remember that time - see what you saw, hear what you heard and feel how good you felt. Where abouts in your body were those feelings, imagine turning them up and spreading them through your body to make them more intense.Keep going through the memory, as soon as it finishes, go through it again and again, all the time squeezing your thumb and finger together. In your mind, make those images big and bright, sounds loud and harmonious and feelings strong and intensified. We are making an associational link between the squeeze of your fingers and that good feeling.
Okay, stop and relax. Now if you have done that correctly when you squeeze your thumb and finger together you should feel that good feeling again. Go ahead do that now, squeeze thumb and finger and remember that good feeling.Now we're going to programme good feelings to happen automatically whenever you are in a situation where you used to smoke but now you stop smoking.So, next I'd like you to squeeze your thumb and finger together, get that good feeling going and now imagine being in several situations where you would have smoked, but being there feeling great without a cigarette. See what you'll see hear and take that good feeling into those situations without a need for a cigarette.Imagine being in a situation where someone offers you a cigarette and you confidently say 'No thanks, I don't smoke'. And feel fantastic about it!
Take advantage of technology. Instead of keeping your goals to yourself, it is best that you create and write a blog to keep track of your daily progress; this also avoids the issue of being shamed in public. If other people know what you're doing, then you would be pressured to maintain and achieve your goals. If possible, write everything that you've been going through and the difficulties that you're having in your blog. E-mail your family and friends and ask them to have your blog page bookmarked, and let them eventually visit it from time to time. Ask them to leave their comments. This is one of the best ways to gain their moral and emotional support that you need. Preferably, write at least three to four times per day - you can always talk about your cravings, and even the different things that you have encountered, as well as the things that you did to deal with it. This way, you'll be afraid of experiencing "public shame" and you have different people at your back, as they observe you every day as you take the challenge of quitting smoking.
Nicotine just stresses your body more and is like that itch that can never be properly scratched; the more you smoke, the more you have to. So say "STOP" and steer clear of old slippery slopes.Reward yourself. Congratulate yourself. Feel how good it feels to stop smoking and be a non-smoker. Treat yourself each time you get past a certain milestone; the first week or first month, the six month target. Let yourself know that you did something really special here.Keep on using your brain, stretching it and helping your self, by running through these exercises time after time; you are sure to be able to make it easier and easier and successfully stop smoking for good.
If you want to grow the will and the motivation to succeed, you will have to learn the implications of quitting. Try to use the "cold turkey method" that means instant stop. The first milestone would be the first day. If you are able to stay without smoking for a whole day, you are on the good path. Three days is another important milestone, as the nicotine would start to be eliminated from the body. After two weeks, you won't think about a cigarette every moment of the day, but the satisfaction of quitting would start to disappear.
This is a crucial moment, as many people smoke "one cigarette" after this period, just to see how it is. The little monster called nicotine spreads in the body, and there you are, a smoker again. You will have to remember that there is no such thing as "one cigarette". You will have to educate your brain to think "non-smoking", as the body would be easily used with the new situation this way. The best way is to shift the focus from smoking to some other activity. First of all, restrict the visiting of smoking places and hide all the stuff related to smoking. Than, find the activity that will substitute smoking, e.g. start 3-month fitness program with the goal to loose some weight or achieve some personal record. Once your brain is switched, you will find it a lot easier to live without cigarettes.
Have a think to yourself about the consequences of you not stopping smoking now, if you just carry on and on. Imagine it, what will happen if you carry on smoking. What are the consequences? Imagine yourself in 6 months time, a years time, even 5 years time if you do not stop smoking now. Think of all the detrimental effects of not stopping right now and how a simple decision you make today can make such an impact on your future.Next, imagine how much better is your life going to be when you stop smoking. Really imagine it's months from now and you successfully stopped.
As you know, there are tons of stop smoking tips on the market. We see them every time we go to the store and watch television. Smoking is a terrible addiction that most people around the world think they can kick. You need to realize that every time you are smoking a cigarette, you are killing yourself, slowly. There are hundreds of nasty chemicals in each cigarette and you are putting that into your body. The addictive chemical in there is called nicotine. Your body craves it and it's telling you to smoke another cigarette. Don't do it. The best thing you can do is to say no. Try to busy yourself to keep your mind occupied.
Smokers sometimes use their habit to give themselves little breaks during the day. Taking a break is good for you, so carry on taking that time off - but do something different. Walk round the block, have a cup of tea or drink of water, or do some of the techniques on this programme. In fact, if possible drink a lot of fruit juice. When you stop smoking the body goes through a big change. The blood sugar levels tend to fall, the digestion is slowed down and your body starts to eject the tar and poisons that have accumulated. Fresh fruit juice contains fructose which restores your blood sugar levels, vitamin C which helps clear out impurities and high levels of water and fibre to keep your digestion going. Also try to eat fruit every day for at least two weeks after you have stopped.Also when you stop, cut your caffeine intake by half. Nicotine breaks down caffeine so without nicotine a little coffee will have a big effect. Drink 8-10 glasses of water (ideally bottled) to help wash out your system.
You were used to using cigarettes to signal to your body to release happy chemicals, so next we are going to programme some good feelings into your future. Allow yourself to fully remember now a time when you felt very deep ecstasy, pleasure or bliss, right now. Take a moment to recall it as vividly as possible. Remember that time - see what you saw, hear what you heard and feel how good you felt. Where abouts in your body were those feelings, imagine turning them up and spreading them through your body to make them more intense.Keep going through the memory, as soon as it finishes, go through it again and again, all the time squeezing your thumb and finger together. In your mind, make those images big and bright, sounds loud and harmonious and feelings strong and intensified. We are making an associational link between the squeeze of your fingers and that good feeling.
Okay, stop and relax. Now if you have done that correctly when you squeeze your thumb and finger together you should feel that good feeling again. Go ahead do that now, squeeze thumb and finger and remember that good feeling.Now we're going to programme good feelings to happen automatically whenever you are in a situation where you used to smoke but now you stop smoking.So, next I'd like you to squeeze your thumb and finger together, get that good feeling going and now imagine being in several situations where you would have smoked, but being there feeling great without a cigarette. See what you'll see hear and take that good feeling into those situations without a need for a cigarette.Imagine being in a situation where someone offers you a cigarette and you confidently say 'No thanks, I don't smoke'. And feel fantastic about it!
Take advantage of technology. Instead of keeping your goals to yourself, it is best that you create and write a blog to keep track of your daily progress; this also avoids the issue of being shamed in public. If other people know what you're doing, then you would be pressured to maintain and achieve your goals. If possible, write everything that you've been going through and the difficulties that you're having in your blog. E-mail your family and friends and ask them to have your blog page bookmarked, and let them eventually visit it from time to time. Ask them to leave their comments. This is one of the best ways to gain their moral and emotional support that you need. Preferably, write at least three to four times per day - you can always talk about your cravings, and even the different things that you have encountered, as well as the things that you did to deal with it. This way, you'll be afraid of experiencing "public shame" and you have different people at your back, as they observe you every day as you take the challenge of quitting smoking.
Nicotine just stresses your body more and is like that itch that can never be properly scratched; the more you smoke, the more you have to. So say "STOP" and steer clear of old slippery slopes.Reward yourself. Congratulate yourself. Feel how good it feels to stop smoking and be a non-smoker. Treat yourself each time you get past a certain milestone; the first week or first month, the six month target. Let yourself know that you did something really special here.Keep on using your brain, stretching it and helping your self, by running through these exercises time after time; you are sure to be able to make it easier and easier and successfully stop smoking for good.
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