The time in your life where you decide it is time to quit
smoking for good is a very important step.
It represents the time in your life when you have decided that it is
time to regain complete control over your body, and actually take charge of
your decisions. Of course, you made the
decision to start smoking, but ultimately this choice is much harder to break,
than it ever was to start. Knowing how
to break the habit is very important to being successful and this means you
really need to take some time to review all of your options.
In general, while it may seem like a great idea to start
trying to quit tomorrow you need to take a bit of time to set out a plan of
attack. If you are working towards a plan
which includes several well laid out goals you are going to be much more likely
to succeed. However, simply taking a
chance and hoping for the best may be your best option. Typically, the hope and wait method is not
effective though, so having a plan will ensure that you have something to fall
back on.
You should review all of the options for stop smoking aids
that are on the market. There are
literally dozens of products that all claim to help stop smoking. Some really do not work at all, but in general
most do really work, but only for certain people. This means if you are not well suited to the
product, it will not be very effective for your venture. Finding something that is well suited to your
needs is critical to ensure your own personal success. Just because the product has helped 1,000’s
of other former smokers does not mean that you will find success with it.
You need to then look at a calendar and pick out a date to
quit. This is very important because
having a date picked out gives you something to look forward to. You should also look at it as an exciting
adventure, rather than the day you decided to drive yourself insane and attempt
to quit smoking. Looking forward to the
specific date that you pick with excitement and joy will make the overall
experience much better. As you are
picking out dates on the calendar, pick out additional dates for smaller goals
as well. For instance, if you decide to
quit smoking on August 1st you would want to select August 2nd
as your 24-hour victory and then August 7th as your first no smoking
week.
Avoiding negative people is very important. If you are surrounding yourself by people who
all think that you are just acting like a baby in your struggles to quit
smoking your self-esteem is going to take a huge hit. Additionally, your self-confidence in
yourself to actually succeed in your quest to quit smoking will start to
wane. This is a huge disaster since you
need to believe in yourself in order to actually quit smoking for good. Surrounding yourself with positive people who
support your efforts to quit will make it much easier for you. After all, the friend who encourages you is
the friend you should want to be around more anyways. Someone who is doing nothing but cutting down
your efforts probably is not the greatest friend anyways.
- Mohammed Zahran -
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