Quit Tips #2
Quit Tips #2
Tips from ex-smokers.
Remember, everyone will have different reactions to quitting smoking. Some of these tips will be more helpful than others. Try the ones that seem right to you.
€Don't buy your next pack until you've finished the last. Never buy a carton. This helps reduce temptation.
€Tell all your friends you are going to kick the habit. This kind of public commitment will help bolster your determination at crucial moments..
€Here's a trick that really helped. I brought ten differenct kinds of cigarettes and placed one of each in my cigarette case. This meant each time I went to light up I had to smoke a different brand. For me, at least, this made smoking very unpleasant.
€While breaking the habit, be good to yourself in every other way. Even indulge yourself a little-- a special treat on weekends (good meal, show, etc.) with the money you saved.
€I developed a set of rules as to where I could not smoke. I found this very helpful. For instance, one rule was that after I came home at night I could not smoke in my apartment. If I wanted to smoke, the rule said that I had to walk to the basement furnace room (which is horribly hot). For the first couple of evenings I was dragging myself up and down the stairs several times a night. Under no circumstances would I break the rule. Finally, I gave up in disgust and stayed in my apartment without smoking. It worked. I then developed another rule to make it extremely difficult and awkward to smoke in another area of my daily activity. It worked again. I eventually pushed those beloved old weeds right out of my life altogether.
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