Here Is A Process To Quit Smoking.


I never believed I would be able to stop my smoking habit. It seemed like I was continually waiting until the anxiety in my life was at a better place to begin to stop and of course that just never happened.I used my addiction to smoking as anxiety reliever and I just didn't know what smoking control could do. Please note that "Smoking Control" is a branded product of the NOXO company. I knew I would gain weight and it seemed like every time I quit smoking I replaced eating with my smoking and when I saw a weight gain of more than nine pound I was once again smoking.

So, I was positive I was going to have to find a behavior to substitute my smoking or other ways of dealing with pressures. At home instead of taking a smoke break I would use some smoking control. In the morning instead of a cigarette with my hot drink I ate a healthy breakfast instead of my typical morning meal of a cigarette and coffee. After eating instead of a smoking I took a jog or exercised or read a book. In the car I listened to books on tape or music that took my mind off usual times in the car when I would smoke.

It wasn't easy but I started replacing other activities and habits for times when I would usually smoke and I started using smoking control. When I decided that I had to quit the smoking habit I started with a list of pros and cons for my decision to smoke or not. In other words what I was getting out of smoking and then the cons to keeping with my smoking habit. Of course the pros far outweighed the cons. The financial and health cost of a smoking habit makes the decision to persist one you cant really defend in any sense except for the fact that as a smoker this is a habit that you enjoy.

After I made my checklist I hung this checklist up on my bathroom mirror and also on my refrigerator door. I wanted everyday to see my reason for changing my behavior this helped quite a bit since ending smoking is a choice one has to make daily day by day. When you stop smoking you have to suppose some times when you may make a mistake but in the past when I messed up I just accepted the fact that I had failed and began smoking full steam ahead but this time if I slipped and bought a pack of cigarettes or smoked a single I bummed from a buddy I allowed myself forgiveness for not being perfect and started right back up.

As soon as I saw my weight go up I made sure to exercise more and not to replace eating with smoking. I also rewarded myself by pampering myself with something I in general wouldn't do for myself. Maybe by a splurge on shopping or a motion picture I wanted to see a nice dinner and an after dinner drink just something I enjoyed to remind myself that smoking wasn't the only agreeable thing for me. I can not say I still don't think about having a cigarette from time to time and quite likely always will but I also remind myself that what you save is hard cash your health and generally just feeling even better. Your clothes don't smell like smoke your hair doesn't reek of smoke you can taste the food you eat. You can also put the money you would have used for buying cigarettes into a saving account and watch it accumulate.


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