Stopping someone- even yourself- from smoking is really one hard thing to do. So we have gathered some simple tips that will help you help yourself with the cigarette cessation.
Establish strong reasons for quitting- this is basically the first start of breaking your habit. Without basic reasons, and reasons that you truly believe in, you would not be able to convince yourself that you really have to unhook yourself from this slow process of killing.
The things is, even if you have heard so many advertisements and advises- the warning the smoking kills is even printed on the package of each pack of cigarettes to help you remember if its worth the risk- your decision would still lie on your personal convictions. No one would be able to let you cease the addiction except yourself. So be sure that you personally believe the reasons why you are quitting and that you are not only finding some scapegoats.
But no matter what you believe in there are still no changes in the fact that with every hit, you bring yourself closer to your deathbed or worse, you are contributing largely on the illness of someone you love.
Believe in yourself- If you are a smoker, you would understand that the physical dependence you have over the nicotine and the habit is very hard to break. So it is best that you pump your willpower with all the guts you need.
Write all the pros and cons of quitting- At first, you might consider yourself as among the common people who can't simply quit, whatever the reasons they have. But this perspective could be helped if you are to write and read everyday the reasons why and why won't you quit. This will be a good reminder of the reasons you have established initially and have believed in personally. This will also help a lot if you are starting to falter with your capacity to stop smoking.
Find support- there are lots of outside support that you could turn to. Remember that cessation of an addiction is not something that you can easily do by yourself. You will be needing help, and you would need a lot. So be sure to ask for your family's assistance or online support. It would also do you good if you would experience the entire process of quitting and staying quit with another smoker. Both of you could extract moral support from each other. This is also the premise of group effort in breaking the habit.
Condition your mind and know what to expect- Conditioning of the mind begins with the setting of the date. Though sometimes this doesn't effectively work since many quitters normally postpone their own quit dates, it would still do good if you have a specific day.
Never believe that you cannot quit- Quitting is very easy, you can do it several hundred times over. Many smokers have become extra good in quitting because they have tried it for so many, many times prior to the first success on quitting. So this makes quitting easy enough. But the hard part is gathering the discipline to really turn away from the addiction. So if you have the urges to smoke, find all ways to stay focused on your goal. If you relapsed then don't think of yourself as a failure.
Failing once or twice, or even thrice doesn't necessarily mean that you would never be able to get hold of your goal. You may not succeed this time or the next but you still have the chance to try again. We all have a level of discipline to achieve and discipline is an excruciating process and no one would ever want to undergo such a tedious course. So all you have to do is endure and overcome all the temptations that lie along your way. If you can keep close eyes to them then you will be guaranteed of stopping the habit.
Be prepared of the consequences of quitting- The first days are usually the easiest since you still believe in the stamina you had after deciding to quit. But moving across the temptations is the core of the battle. This is where you have to prepare yourself very effectively. Be prepared to feel uneasy, irritable and uncomfortable. This is the nicotine dependence at work. You will have to work very hard just to get over these stresses.
Establish strong reasons for quitting- this is basically the first start of breaking your habit. Without basic reasons, and reasons that you truly believe in, you would not be able to convince yourself that you really have to unhook yourself from this slow process of killing.
The things is, even if you have heard so many advertisements and advises- the warning the smoking kills is even printed on the package of each pack of cigarettes to help you remember if its worth the risk- your decision would still lie on your personal convictions. No one would be able to let you cease the addiction except yourself. So be sure that you personally believe the reasons why you are quitting and that you are not only finding some scapegoats.
But no matter what you believe in there are still no changes in the fact that with every hit, you bring yourself closer to your deathbed or worse, you are contributing largely on the illness of someone you love.
Believe in yourself- If you are a smoker, you would understand that the physical dependence you have over the nicotine and the habit is very hard to break. So it is best that you pump your willpower with all the guts you need.
Write all the pros and cons of quitting- At first, you might consider yourself as among the common people who can't simply quit, whatever the reasons they have. But this perspective could be helped if you are to write and read everyday the reasons why and why won't you quit. This will be a good reminder of the reasons you have established initially and have believed in personally. This will also help a lot if you are starting to falter with your capacity to stop smoking.
Find support- there are lots of outside support that you could turn to. Remember that cessation of an addiction is not something that you can easily do by yourself. You will be needing help, and you would need a lot. So be sure to ask for your family's assistance or online support. It would also do you good if you would experience the entire process of quitting and staying quit with another smoker. Both of you could extract moral support from each other. This is also the premise of group effort in breaking the habit.
Condition your mind and know what to expect- Conditioning of the mind begins with the setting of the date. Though sometimes this doesn't effectively work since many quitters normally postpone their own quit dates, it would still do good if you have a specific day.
Never believe that you cannot quit- Quitting is very easy, you can do it several hundred times over. Many smokers have become extra good in quitting because they have tried it for so many, many times prior to the first success on quitting. So this makes quitting easy enough. But the hard part is gathering the discipline to really turn away from the addiction. So if you have the urges to smoke, find all ways to stay focused on your goal. If you relapsed then don't think of yourself as a failure.
Failing once or twice, or even thrice doesn't necessarily mean that you would never be able to get hold of your goal. You may not succeed this time or the next but you still have the chance to try again. We all have a level of discipline to achieve and discipline is an excruciating process and no one would ever want to undergo such a tedious course. So all you have to do is endure and overcome all the temptations that lie along your way. If you can keep close eyes to them then you will be guaranteed of stopping the habit.
Be prepared of the consequences of quitting- The first days are usually the easiest since you still believe in the stamina you had after deciding to quit. But moving across the temptations is the core of the battle. This is where you have to prepare yourself very effectively. Be prepared to feel uneasy, irritable and uncomfortable. This is the nicotine dependence at work. You will have to work very hard just to get over these stresses.
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