When you decide to stop smoking the most difficult
part is to resist the urges. It doesn't matter that
each craving lasts only 3-5 minutes. It's still the
whole 5 minutes to battle with your willpower! These
7 tips will help you to resist the urge to smoke one
urge at a time.
1. Remind Yourself Why You Quit
Every time you experience a craving remind yourself
why you quit. It's the excellent idea to take a
blank index card and list all the reasons why you
decided to quit smoking. List as many as you can,
the more the better. If necessary, take the second
index card. Carry them with you all the time. Every
time you feel the urge to smoke take the index card
and slowly read all your reasons why you decided to
stop. After you finish reading your urge will pass!
(If not, read them one more time or come up with
more reasons.)
Make it a habit to reward yourself at the end of
each nonsmoking week. Think of something you want
(it doesn’t have to be something expensive, a nice
home made meal or hot bath will work). Take the
index card and write down what would you give
yourself at the end of the week. When the urge comes
take a look at the index card with your reward.
Isn't it worth coping for 3 minutes? :)
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2. Reward Yourself.
Make it a habit to reward yourself at the end of
each nonsmoking week. Think of something you want
(it doesn’t have to be something expensive, a nice
home made meal or hot bath will work). Take the
index card and write down what would you give
yourself at the end of the week. When the urge comes
take a look at the index card with your reward.
Isn't it worth coping for 3 minutes? :)
3. Be prepared for your urges!
Get yourself prepared for the urge to smoke in
advance. In most cases something triggers the
craving (certain feelings, people, or places). You
have to know what triggers the urge.
Lets do a really quick exercise. Take a blank piece
of paper and divide it into 2 columns. On the one
side list your triggers (like “stuck in traffic”,
“drinking morning coffee”, “arguing with
colleague”...) and in the second column write down
the alternative course of action.
For example, instead of smoking while drinking your
morning coffee you could read a newspaper. Instead
of smoking after the hot argument with your
colleague you can take a walk around a block or
write down everything you think about this person,
then tier this piece of paper in shreds and throw it
away. Don't be lazy, write it down! This exercise
really works!
4. Call your friend.
This method works great. Call someone who can
support you, who can talk with you for a couple of
minutes. You can call your nonsmoking friend, or
someone who's trying to quit smoking too.
5. Distract yourself with a quick task.
Think of a small task you have to do, something what
would take you 5-10 minutes. Make a call, send a
fax, make yourself a cup of coffee, water the plant
in your office. Anything! Your task is to distract
yourself until the urge will pass. (Hint: Try to
find activity that makes smoking impossible!)
6. Drink a Glass of Water.
Take a glass of water and drink it with a straw.
First of all having something in your mouth to chew
on will help, second it will take you a couple of
minutes to drink the whole glass and the urge will
pass. Plus, don't forget that you're supposed to
drink 8 glasses of water every day!
7. Power Tip.
That’s the disgusting one, but it often works. Print
a small picture of smoker's lungs (you can find one
here: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/lungphotos.html
) and put it somewhere in your wallet. I know the
view is not pretty, but something like this can stop
you dead on your track from lighting up. Take a
look! Really! THIS could be your lungs! You love
yourself, and you respect your body. Why harm
yourself?
About The Author
Arina is the owner of http://www.how-to-quit-smoking.net
- the website where you can learn how to Quit
Smoking – for life - without patches, pills and
gums! Fully guaranteed by one of the most trusted
entrepreneurs on the Internet (and a former 39-year
smoker who quit by using this very program)!
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