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The first thing to do when you decide to quit smoking
is to create a list of reasons why you have decided to quit. This may be
health related or may be a response to relationships that you have. Once
you start to change your mind about why you are smoking and the things
that are associated with smoking, it will make it easier for you to take
the next steps. Make sure to keep this list at hand for times when the
withdrawal is trying to move you back into smoking. This list can be of
health reasons, as well as mental and social reasons to help you quit.
The next step to take is to further your knowledge on what
smoking causes and how you can stop. This will allow you to set
everything in place so that it will be easier for you to stop and stick
to your plans. Books and consistent information about smoking is one of
the ways in which this will help. Developing a support group around you
through friends and family is another way to stop your addiction. One of
the support groups that you can use is with a physician to get a
physical. Let them know that you are going to quit smoking, and ask what
can be used to help regain your strength. A third resource you can use
is by creating your own support by starting a quit journal. These will
be consistent reminders for you to stop smoking.
The most
important part of the plan is to find the right date to quit smoking.
Usually, this should be done within the next two weeks after you have
decided to quit. The day can be decided by finding a time when you will
have little stress around you as well as a day when there are not any
obligations to fulfill. This will give your body time to adjust to the
change and will give you room to relax and let the changes begin to take
place.
After you have decided the day that you are going to quit
smoking, you can continue to prepare and change your environment and
habits in order to help support your habit to quit. Changing your diet,
getting supplemental vitamins, and creating spaces that will help you to
relax will all help fight off the cravings that you will have to go back
to smoking. You can also begin to substitute cigarettes for things such
as candy and gum in order to help you to get to stop.
One of the
things to keep in mind when you are carrying out with your plans to quit
smoking is keeping a positive attitude when you are quitting. Feelings
of doubt and negativity may begin to sink in as the withdrawal symptoms
take place. Having different tools in place to replace these feelings
will help you to move past your smoking habit at a quicker pace.
Including things such as rewards for making it through a day without
smoking will help replace the negative thoughts with different positive
thoughts.
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