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Kicking Butt in the New Year - Quit Smoking
By Arthur Hawkins
Preparation is the key to becoming smoke-free:
Step 1: Mind Over Matter: Think About It
1) Believe you can quit smoking (take a personal "stop smoking" oath).
2) Discover your personal "5 When's" of smoking (times, situations, places, moods and people) and develop a plan on how to handle them.
3) Know "why" you want to become smoke-free and "why" you smoke.
(note: write or audio or video tape your personal "stop smoking" oath, "5 When's and the "why's")
Step 2: Knuckle Up: Know What You Face
1) Be prepared for short term mood swings (depression, bizarre behavior and hostility) and relapses.
2) Get rid of all smoking paraphernalia and anything that reminds you of smoking, especially at home; also avoid the people you smoke with.
3) There are many ways to quit smoking. Your task is to select the right one for you. Pick the smoking cessation method(s) you feel most comfortable with and start using it (the nicotine patch, counseling, cold turkey, nicotine inhaler, nicotine gum, prescription drugs, hypnosis, acupuncture, books, etc.). A smoking cessation counselor can help you choose.
4) Get busy. Develop healthy alternatives to smoking. Find things and activities to keep you away from smoking.
Step 3: Just Do It
1) Quit smoking! Begin to walk down the path to smoke-freedom.
2) Keep a journal of your quest to become permanently smoke-free to monitor the process.
3) Keep the faith. Don't be unhinged by a temporary setback.
4) Review your smoking cessation journal for strength and make the necessary tweaks and adjustments. Celebrate success. Overcome setbacks.
5) Live smoke-free.
Benefits: Smokers escape a deadly habit, protect their loved ones from
secondhand smoke, feel better about themselves, save $6,000+ a year
on smoking-related expenses and come into compliance with indoor and
workplace smoking regulations.
Bottom line: Ex-smokers get more out of life, become one.
- Resource Information -
Arthur Hawkins is author of the Stop Smoking Forever! website at http://www.inforesearchlab.com/stopsmoking.chtml and Smoke-Free: The Complete Guide to Stop Smoking, a smoking cessation book at http://www.inforesearchlab.com/smokefree.chtml
Contact him for more smoking cessation counseling information at http://www.inforesearchlab.com/stopsmoking.chtml
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