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How to Get Rid of Smoking Addiction
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How to Get Rid of Smoking Addiction
Smoking is a terrible and expensive addiction. It's also one of the toughest addictions to kick. Although it's tough, millions of people have done it and you can too. The purpose of this article is to give you a few ideas to get you on track to quit smoking.
- Understand your why. What are the reasons you have for wanting to stop smoking? Is it the expense? Do you want to be healthier? Do you hate the way it makes you smell? Are there people that you love that you want to share your life with for a long time? Take a minute right now to think of all of your reasons.
- Consider buying 2 or 3 books on how to stop smoking. There are lots of them like Alan Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking, The Secret to Stop Smoking, Stop Smoking–52 Brilliant Ideas or Tips to Win at Quitting Smoking, Find the Missing Piece in Your Plan to Stop Smoking and Stay Quit. Each book has slightly different tips and you will learn something from each of them. They tend to reinforce each other.
- Consider smokeless cigarettes. These are nicotine free and come with a stop smoking program.
- Hypnosis works for many people and can be instant. You can even buy a hypnosis MP3.
- One of the staples for quitting smoking is nicotine gum. It actually doesn't taste as bad as you think it might.
- Stopping smoking is about changing habits. Habits can not be easily change but they can be substituted. Figure out what would be a healthy or a good habit instead of smoking. Ideas include taking a deep breath, going for a walk, drinking tea, calling a friend, etc.
- LifeSign makes the smoking cessation computer. This simple device slowly moves the time between cigarettes longer and longer. As your body adjusts to the longer times without nicotine it gets easier and easier.
The fact that you've read this article indicates that you are a learner. Continue to use the Internet to search for other ideas. Or watch videos to learn more.
Smoking addiction can be tough to break, but look at all the people you know who have kicked the habit. You can too. Set a date and just do it.
Fact is, stopping smoking cold-turkey cannot and has not killed anyone or even
caused any harm. So the simplest way to stop is to decide that it’s what you’re
going to do. Buying cigarettes doesn’t “just happen”, take responsibility, you
made a conscious decision to start buying them again. Decide 100% that you will
not, as a hard and fast rule. Stop living in the moment – you feel a different
way every moment. Tell yourself “this will pass”. I have put myself through
the most horrible painkiller withdrawals that nearly killed me because I
couldn’t hold down food or water, and still I told myself “this is
temporary” and reassured myself that going through it once is less pain
than going half through, 10 times over. You’ve got to see lighting
up one more time as prolonging your suffering. Smoking again = more withdrawal
discomfort. Refuse to see smoking as an option. It’s either quitting badly
or quitting well. Remove “open doors”, i.e. throw away all fire-producing items in the house and cigarettes, and remember to keep your eyes away from cigarette displays at the shops, or wear a T-shirt saying “don’t sell me cigarrettes, I’m quitting” so the shopkeeper has the chance to return you to your senses. Tell friends and workmates beforehand not to give you cigarettes no matter how badly you insist. Ask them if they can remind you of your decision. Asking how to get rid of smoking is like asking how to stop carrying a backpack full of rocks. Put the burden down and don’t pick it up again.