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How To Quit Smoking by: Garrett Davis
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| Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
First, consult a health professional if you smoke or if you have other addictions as May have adverse effects.
If you smoke and have thought about quitting, or have tried to quit, this article is for you. If you do not smoke, but some have other addictions, I also encourage you to read this article, as is the theory can be used to stop other substances.
Quitting smoking is not that difficult, if done correctly. So many people do not leave because of a lack of planning. Failure to plan and you plan to fail, as the saying goes. So how do you go to get away from these delicious cancer sticks for good? If it is performed with the right plan, quitting smoking will not be painful, even if you'll experience some discomfort.
I'll tell you jump on how cigarettes are bad for you because you already know. You are bombarded with information constantly.
I will not tell you that you must try new nicotine patch or gum, or other pill. These products give you more of what you do not want: nicotine. They are just a way for pharmaceutical companies to make more money. Do not let them sell you on this. Quitting smoking does not require purchase.
So many people do not leave each year due to a lack of planning. "I'll stop smoking" is not a plan. Not at all. Most of the time it does not work. The reason is that it is the goal, not the plan. If all those who have never said or thought that really quit, they would be very, very few smokers in our society. In fact, I think the tobacco industry would have been reduced to a size quite negligible. However, the tobacco industry rest mass, because people do not quit through a strategic plan. These people are the bread and butter cigarette manufacturers.
Quitting smoking is a challenge for two reasons:
1) The nicotine withdrawals. Nicotine is to the tobacco industry. Without nicotine, cigarettes would be more dependent than gum chewing.
2) Take the smoking of your day will take an activity that is associated with a break, relax, or to interact socially with other smokers.
If we are successful, we will have to face these challenges with a rigorous, but before I get to this plan, I will go over the mind-set that is required for the permanent cessation of your habit.
This mind-set is composed of 3 parts:
1. Note that you quit smoking. Think about it for some time. You get used to consider as a non-smoker.
2. Note that you must leave in the end, or accept the risk of the emergence of a terminal illness.
3. Know that you leave sooner, the easier it is to do so.
Come on over the past a little. Often, as a smoker, you'll have a cigarette as soon as possible simply to avoid the appearance of a craving. Cravings can be very uncomfortable, as any smoker will tell you. So you are proactive in your approach you smoking before the desire becomes uncomfortable. If you have one now, you will not need a harm than later so that your thinking goes.
The problem with this thinking is that this is exactly wrong. Nicotine has deceived your subconscious mind in these streamlined. The reality is that whenever you have a cigarette, you are reenforcing your dependency and make them stronger. If your cigarette smoking led to a dependency, it follows that each cigarette you you're growing dependency. In the long term, there is no such thing as a cigarette to alleviate envy. Of course, you do feel satisfied to have the cigarette, but the satisfaction is temporary. With each cigarette you, you need a lot more. This increase can be very subtle, which is why nicotine addiction can creep on so many people. They become addicted before they know it.
> From this logic follows the mentality where you know that you leave sooner, the easier it is to do so. However, you do not start the process of quitting until you yourself mentally prepared by mulling over the three stages for a while until you get used to them, putting the 'emphasis on Step 1. (Are you as a non-smoker).
Now that we have a good spirit in place, we go in May on a plan to treat your addiction to the drug itself (nicotine). If you tried to quit in the past and failed, what was the nicotine that you back to smoking. Therefore, we must eliminate your cravings for nicotine.
We will do through a process of gradual reduction will follow a mathematical algorithm.
The first thing you have to do is determine how many cigarettes you smoke per day. This number is important because it will be the starting point of our plan. May you be tempted here to reach only an estimate, but I want you to be more precise than that.
You begin by taking a small piece of paper and tape to your box of cigarettes, so you can make a simple marking with a pen whenever you smoke. May you also just wear a piece of paper around you, but I attach to the box to be more effective because you'll never be without it, when you want to smoke. Do it for 1 week, then add all the cigarettes you have smoked all week. At the end of the week, divide the total number of cigarettes you smoke by 7 to get your average. If you're one of those who smoke more on weekends or your days off, then it is acceptable to calculate averages.
The formula: Take the average number of cigarettes you smoke per day and multiply that number by (.05). This tells you how 5% of the total amount of cigarettes you smoke in one day. If you smoke 10 cigarettes per day and 5% to be half a cigarette. For 30 cigarettes your number by 1.5 cigarettes, and so on. Whether you smoke 5 cigarettes per day or 40, you just need to know what 5% of that number.
Once you have calculated your numbers, you begin a gradual and consistent reduction of smoking. You do in increments of 5% per week. This number is expected to remain 5% of the original number of cigarettes you have smoked. If 5% of the original number of cigarettes you have smoked cigarettes was 1, then you will reduce your smoking by 1 cigarette per week, every week. Easy.
If your number is 5% to a fraction of a cigarette, for example ½ a cigarette, then you can always reduce your smoking as much. Just take a pair of scissors and cut half a cigarette before you smoke it. Reduce cigarettes is important if you are not able to smoke more than is called for. Also, I recommend cutting all cigarettes necessary once you get the pack. This will take some calculation in advance, but it was worth it.
You'll need to determine what part of your day, cigarettes will be taken from. To begin, you must choose a part of the day when you're busy so you will not be able to reflect on the absence of a carcinogen.
Once you have about 1 cigarette per day, you May to continue with the gradual reduction either progressing ½ cigarettes a day, or 1 cigarette every two days, or even half of all cigarette two days. The important thing is that once you stop smoking, you must leave for good. But gradually, the process has come to stop smoking will be as long as you lead to the total cessation of habit.
Now that the plan to address the addiction to nicotine is in place, we formulate a plan in May to address the second challenge to quit smoking. Only in quitting smoking, you will be deducting an activity of your life. Get the subconscious mind to abandon an activity that is used to be difficult unless you take steps to help yourself.
If you will be deducted from your life and stop smoking, stop smoking and becomes difficult as a result, it follows that something must be added to your life for purposes of compensation. What is something you will have, but it must be a productive and enjoyable, so to speak. This May include reading, exercise, meditation, a new hobby, or simply spend more quality time with your family. I find that activities that involve some form of exercise work better. Cigarettes stimulate the body and mind, and the same year, but in a much healthier.
Choose something healthy to add to your life instead of smoking not only enrich your quality of life, it will much easier to leave, meeting the needs of your subconscious mind. The level of the unconscious you feel unless you're at a loss over and as you've improved your well-being. The subconscious mind does not really care all that much cigarettes are bad for you. It cares not that they bring you a certain level of pleasure, that is why you continue to smoke. You can help your subconscious mind feel less cheated by replacing the nicotine with something else that brings you joy.
It is also important to note that a change must be documented on paper through the whole process. Keep a journal or diary detailing the number of cigarettes you are allowed each day. This log should be small and mobile so you can easily carry it with you in your pocket or purse.
The process of writing on paper is important on two levels. The first is that you will keep it updated count, and the second is that writing goals and procedures on paper facilitates their realization. If you take the time to write a plan, you use more aware of your strength and your objective will be more energy behind it.
So you have, the easier to stop smoking. Note that I do not have the title of the article, "The easiest way to quit smoking." I used the word easier because no matter what our approach is to stop smoking permanently take some effort on your part. I found that nothing in life is not worth the effort to accomplish. I promise you that if you stop smoking for good will be worth your effort in the long term. Not only will you improve your health, but the sense of pride that you will achieve will be enormous. You'll feel the power and confidence, ready to agree to your next objective.
So go ahead and leave for good. You'll be glad you did!
About the author
Garrett Davis http://www.guidanceforthemotivated.com/ established to provide personal information growth in motivated and smart. It is for those who constantly seek to improve. It is for the curious and interested. It is not complacency. It is for those who know they still have room to grow, and those who embrace infinite potential. Find more articles http://www.guidanceforthemotivated.com/
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