Ending The Smoking Addiction - What Is An Analysis Of Smoking Control
Here is an article on the methods to set your mind to the place so that you make a very knowing judgment to stop smoking. This is really a resolution that if you think about what you are doing it just does not make any sense to continue with your smoking at all. By constructing a plan and following it and by knowing what you are going to get as a reward for stopping this habit you will impel yourself and remind yourself even when you are tempted that the goal is so much more for breaking the habit than to continue with behavior that is costing you dearly both financially and health wise.
I did not think I would be able to quit my smoking addiction. It seemed like I was always waiting until the stress in my life was at a minimum to begin to quit and of course that just never seemed to happen. I used my smoking as an anxiety reliever and I just didn't know what to replace it with. I was apprehensive of gaining weight and it seemed like every time I stopped smoking or even attempted smoking control, I replaced my smoking with eating and as soon as I saw a weight gain over five pound I was once again smoking.
It was not simple but I started some smoking control by replacing other activities and habits for times when I would usually smoke. When I decided that I had to stop the smoking habit I started with a list of pros and cons for my choice to smoke or to stop. In other words what I was getting out of smoking and then the cons to maintaining my smoking habit. Of course the pros far outweighed the cons. The health and financial costs of a smoking addiction makes the decision to continue one you cant really justify in any sense except for the fact that as a smoker this is a habit that you enjoy.
After I made my list I hung this list up on my shower mirror and also on my bedroom door. I wanted each day to see my motivation for changing my behavior this helped considerably since quitting smoking is a decision one has to make day by day. When you stop smoking you have to presume there will be times when you will slip but in the times past that I slipped, I just accepted failure and started smoking full steam ahead. This time if I slipped and bought a pack of cigarettes or smoked one I begged from a friend I allowed myself forgiveness for not being perfect and started right back up.
The instant I saw the scales go up I made sure to exercise more and not to substitute eating with smoking. I also rewarded myself by pampering myself with something I usually would not do for myself. When I pay attention to careful smoking control my cigarette use always goes down. I will not say that I don't think about smoking from time to time and in all probability always will but I also tell myself that what you save is both health and money. Your clothes do not stink of smoke your hair doesn't reek of smoke and you can better enjoy the food you eat. You can also put the cash you would have used for buying cigarettes into a bank account and watch it add up.
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