Hi Steemians!
Since 2018 already started, one of my New Year's resolution is to totally quit smoking.
I don't smoke everyday. However, whenever I have drinking sessions with my friends or colleagues, I cannot resist not to smoke and still I am smoking a lot of cigarettes every week and I don't like that anymore.
I need to quit smoking before it's over.
I'm not going to wait until such time that I'm gonna regret what I have done in my life because of that thing called cigarette.
So as early as now and since it is New Year, I have search some tips on how to quit smoking!
And of course, I will need to follow these steps:
*Set your date and time to stop; you’re going to quit smoking naturally so carry on smoking as usual until then
Set your date and time to stop and carry on smoking as usual right up to that time – don’t try to cut down beforehand, that just makes cigarettes seem more precious rather than less so.
*Look forward
Remember – you’re not giving up anything because cigarettes do absolutely nothing for you at all. They provide you with no genuine pleasure or crutch, they simply keep you addicted – a slave to nicotine. Get it clearly into your mind: you are losing nothing and you are making marvellous positive gains not only in health, energy and money but also in confidence, self-respect, freedom and, most important of all, in the length and quality of your future life. You’re going to enjoy being a non-smoker right from the moment you put out your last cigarette.
*Be cool about withdrawal; the physical withdrawal is very slight and passes quickly
Your body will continue to withdraw from nicotine for a few days but that doesn’t mean you have to be miserable or crave cigarettes. The physical withdrawal is very slight – there is no pain – and it passes quickly. What’s more, it’s what smokers suffer all their smoking lives. Non-smokers do not suffer it. You are a non-smoker and so you’ll soon be free of it forever.
*Think about it; don’t try to “not to think” about smoking – it doesn’t work
Don’t try to “not to think about” smoking – it doesn’t work. If I say: “Don’t think about a brick wall, what are you thinking about? Just make sure that whenever you are thinking about it, you’re not thinking: “I want a cigarette but I can’t have one” but instead: “Isn’t is marvellous: I don’t need to smoke anymore and I don’t want to smoke anymore. Yippee, I’m a non-smoker!” Then you can think about it all you like and you’ll still be happy.
*There’s no such thing as “just one” cigarette after you quit smoking
Never be fooled into thinking you can have the odd cigarette just to be sociable or just to get over a difficult moment. If you do, you’ll find yourself back in the trap in no time at all. Never think in terms of one cigarette, always think of the whole filthy lifetime’s chain. Remember: there is no such thing as just one cigarette.
*Avoid Substitutes; patches, gums, nasal sprays and e-cigs just keep the addiction alive
Do not use any substitutes. They all make it more difficult to stop because they perpetuate the illusion that you’re making a sacrifice. Substitutes that contain nicotine such as e-cigarettes or so-called Nicotine Replacement Therapy; patches, gums, nasal sprays and inhalators – are particularly unhelpful as they simply keep the addiction to nicotine alive. It’s like advising a heroin addict who’s smoking the drug off foil, to start injecting it instead.
*Enjoy your freedom; live a smoke-free life and be on your guard not to fall back into the trap!
Contents were searched from google and found here: https://www.allencarr.com/news-and-media/top-tips-on-how-to-stop-smoking-using-allen-carrs-easyway-method/
I just got some of the numbers that will apply for me.
In addition, I need to cut my belly fat as well. I'm starting to follow diet instructions as well.
Maybe I will need to take a picture of myself before and after following the instructions and post it here as well.
Hope this will help a lot of us to quit and live a happy life.
Let's live clean! Let's live healthy! Love yourself, live a long life!
Thanks!
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