2. 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
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3. Being a smoker is like cycling with stabilisers attached to
the wheels, you can find it hard to be balanced without
smoking. Now, when you cycle freely again, the natural
balance returns.When people smoke, more than half of
what they breathe is fresh air - pulled through the
cigarette right down into the lungs. So if you feel any
cravings you can instantly overcome them by taking
three deeper breaths. Imagine breathing from that
space just below your belly button. Whenever you do
this you put more oxygen into your bloodstream. This
means you can use deep breaths to change the way you
feel instantly and give you power over the way you feel
and help you let go of those old cravings and thus
4. making it easier to stop smoking.Next, think now of all
the reasons you don't like smoking, the reasons that it's
bad and the reasons you want to stop smoking. Write
down the key words on a piece of paper. For example,
you experience breathlessness, it's dirty, filthy and your
clothes smell, your friends and family are concerned and
it's expensive, unsociable and so on. Then, on the other
side of the paper, write down all the reasons why you'll
feel good when you've succeeded in stopping. You'll feel
healthier, you'll feel in control of your self, your senses
are enhanced, your hair and clothes will smell fresher
and so on. Whenever you need to, look at that piece of
paper.
5. Those who smoke constant fight day by day with their
longings for more nicotine. It is a material that once in
the body has a very tough time letting go.Folk who have
smoked for only two months can still discover quitting
smoking to be terribly hard. People who have smoked
for a number of years, the postulate of giving up
smoking is two fold.Becoming entirely smokeless can
constantly take several months. In the strenuous
adventure to becoming smoke-free, it is important that
you retain this mantra in your head : Nothing is really
unlikely, you can do it! And to help further in your
journey, these are a number of easy and effectual
techniques to stop smoking.Really deep breathing is the
6. biggest straightforward strategy you may use to help
begin giving up smoking. Try and do these steps 3 times
whenever you are feeling the desire to pick up a
cigarette.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. There are different aids you can use to help, hypnosis,
group therapy, medication and quit all together (cold
turkey). I quit smoking by cold turkey. Let me tell you, it
was very difficult. I wanted a cigarette so bad, but I stuck
to the plan. At one time I even went to the store and
bought a pack. I looked at it and thought to myself why
am I like this? I mean, for a cigarette! It was pretty
pathetic. I thew that pack away and just never gave up.
Yes, I did slip up just a few times, but I stuck with it.
10. 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
11. 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.
12. But the sad part about this is, most smokers are already
aware on what these methods are. Probably, a huge
percentage has tried doing several stop smoking tips but
for some reasons, these didn't work for them. For
example the most common quit smoking advice is to use
nicotine patches and gums, however they supply your
body with the content that makes smoking even more
addictive. This is one of the reasons why nicotine gums
and patches never work - instead of keeping you away
from the addictive content; these products just supply
your body with this stuff.But today, there are more
creative ways on how you can quit smoking, and listed
below are some:
13. Get social support. Your commitment to stopping
smoking for the rest of your life can be made much
easier by talking about it to friends and family and
letting them support you. They will congratulate you on
doing so well too! You really did stop smoking.Be aware
of making excuses for yourself. Some people talk
themselves into smoking, especially if they encounter a
stressful situation and in the past they used to deal with
it by smoking. If those old thoughts pop into your head,
shout the word "STOP" in your head, to stop the
thoughts from progressing.
14. 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.