How To Quit Smoking

Smoking is an awful habit! The moment you smoke you are in disgust with yourself, and as soon as you don't have a cigarette your cravings are so strong there's nothing else you want but just to have another smoke. Seeing this cycle go on and on it seems impossible to quit.
But it's a lie, a big lie that even big smoking companies want you to believe. Quit smoking is easy and very possible, once you quit you'll say why did I wait for so long to quit.

Here are some tips if you're considering quitting.

TIPS ON HOW TO QUIT SMOKING

1. Change Your mindset

Before you quit smoking it's important to change your way of thinking.
The way you think about yourself and the way you think about your smoking habit is key. A lot of smokers have a stuck mindset about how they perceive their smoking addiction, they either don't see it as an addiction at all and say 'I smoke because I like it & it helps me reliefs stress & anxiety'. or they will say 'I can't quit, it's too hard, I need to smoke to go through my day'. This is all lies!! But as long as you don't see it, you will not quit!

You have to know how powerful your mind is and that every step you take or decision you make in life starts in your mind. Start listening to motivational audio that not only learns you how to think positive but also how your mind & your brains works and how your way of thinking influence the choices you make in life. Read books and learn about how an addiction works knowledge is power. Everything you've learned in your life you can unlearn.

2. Change your daily routine

Smoking has become a part of your life & in a way smoking has become your life, at least this is how your mind perceive it after all those years of smoking. So it's important to start changing your daily routine as of today! Why? You'll have to replace your smoking time with something else.
Once you change your daily routine and stick to it, there will come a time that smoking won't fit in your lifestyle anymore. For example if the first thing you do in the morning is light up a cigarette, then from now on wait one hour before you start smoking. Remind yourself that once you are a non-smoker, smoking isn't the first thing you do in the morning, so you might as well get used to it.
Learn how you react & deal with the cravings. Start reading books, exercise, set new goals in life to pursuit.

3. Change your eating habits

It's important to work on your eating habits while you're still a smoker instead of waiting till your quit date. Smoking reduces hunger that's why smokers usually have a unhealthy diet. They skip meals, eat fast food or  a lot of take-away. As a smoker you may have to force yourself to eat regularly during the day. Instead of starting your day with a smoke, from now on start your day with a nice breakfast if that's too much eat some fruits in the morning and during the day, drink lots of water, or (green) tea & try out new healthy meals.




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4. Decide how you will quit smoking

There are different methods on how to quit smoking. You can use nicotine patches, nicotine gum, mouth spray. You can get a prescription from your doctor for medication there is Champix, Zyban (Bupropion) and Notrilen (Notryptiline).
Also you can go the alternative route and try hypnosis, acupuncture and other methods that's out there. The most used and effective method people use to quit is 'The cold turkey method'.

It's important to get yourself educated about what you use & get the right information on how to use the product if you decide to quit with the help of it.

5. Set a quit date

Once you did the 4 steps above it's time to make a firm decision and set a quit date, don't let this sentence scare you. Do this and don't look back when that day arrive. The choice to quit is up to you! Once you know it's your decision to smoke or not, you will see how strong you really are and that you are in control of your life & not those big smoking companies that are getting richer on your downfall, but that's a whole other story.
We will not purposely poison ourselves anymore for their riches, just think about it!! Don't allow it to yourself.

6. maintain your smoke free life.

Now it's up to you to maintain your smoke free life. Know that cravings can come back for just a moment, but know how you will deal with these cravings. When they attack, stay ready to attack back and win this war!