Quit Smoking Now
With These Tips
Quit Smoking Success Tips
by John Karnish
So you’ve decided to quit smoking.
Congratulations, quitting smoking is probably
the best thing you can do for your health and
you’ll feel proud knowing that you’re able to
kick this ugly habit.
Be forewarned, it is not easy to quit
smoking. Statistics show that it takes
9 times for the average smoker to actually quit.
The secret is to not get down on yourself if you
have a relapse. Learn WHY you weren’t able to
stop and better prepare yourself the next time
you quit. Look at your relapses
as LEARNING EXPERIENCES and not failures. Most
importantly do not stop trying! You CAN do it.
When I quit smoking, I set a
date and told everyone I knew. I think this
helped me as I had to live up to my word and
save face. A lot of people didn’t believe me,
because I did fail in the past but it was an
added incentive to prove to them all that I was
strong enough to do it.
One more thing I should mention is that you
should prepare yourself to quit smoking.
Gradually try to decrease the amount of
cigarettes that you smoke. If you wake up during
the night to puff, try to last through the
night. If you have one first thing in the
morning, try to wait a half an hour or an hour.
It will be hard but you need to prepare for your
cravings as your quit date
arises.
When you decide to quit smoking
you need to be strong. Remember that even though
cravings will arise throughout your whole life,
they’ll get fewer and fewer as time passes.
You’ll feel very uneasy the first couple of
days. Be strong. It will get easier.
I highly recommend that you mentally prepare for
your quit date and continue to mentally prepare
for future cravings with visualization even when
you quit smoking. Know what
your smoking triggers are and
be ready. If you failed in the past, what made
you cave in? Was it stress? Was it being around
other smokers? Was it having a beer or a cup of
coffee?
To practice visualization, the first thing you
want to do is relax. Find a comfortable place
and breathe deeply and slowly into your belly.
Try to make each breath slower than the previous
one. Once you reach a state of relaxation,
imagine a trigger that will prevent you from
being able to quit smoking.
For instance imagine a situation in which you
are stressed. Imagine you being strong, fighting
off the craving. The important thing is to stay
relaxed. If you feel stressed, continue your
breathing until you’re relaxed and try a little
less hard of a situation. Once you master that
situation, try a harder one.
Finally practice affirmations whenever you can
especially when you find yourself thinking
badly. If you’re thinking “this is too hard, I’m
not meant to be a non smoker” mentally repeat an
affirmation. For instance, “I feel strong and
powerful now that I’m able to fight my cigarette
cravings” or “I love myself completely now that
I am a non smoker.”
With these techniques you WILL be able to
quit smoking. Remember it is a
process to quit smoking. If you
have a relapse, you haven’t failed. You just
learned where you need more practice the next
time you quit smoking. Don’t give up, eventually
you’ll kick this nasty habit and quit
smoking for good!
John Karnish is the author of a
quit smoking blog. Visit his blog for more quit smoking tips.
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