Monday, September 24, 2007

Quit Smoking-Why Smokers Fail

Why many smokers fail at quit smoking
Most of smokers fail at quit smoking because they set themselves an unrealistic goal which
ultimately lead them to failure.

What do you mean by unrealistic goal?
Once smokers decided to quit smoking, they thought they could just ditch smoking with a simple snap of their finger. Smokers have not realised that they had smoked for a period of time and they had picked up smoking as a habit although it is a very harmful habit.

Smoking is just like riding a bicycle
Yeah you might say, I know I know smoking is a bad habit which I knew long ago. When I was in my teens about sixteen years old, I took my first puff, the feeling that your throat is burned with ash was unbearable so the next step? I took the second and the third puff until I was able to inhale and blew smoke cooly.

So you have learn smoking by first abhoring it, then through repeated attempts accept smoking
as your habit and also your friend. The steps are the same if your trying to learn a new habit,
be it wake boarding, surfing or riding a bicycle when you were small.

You did not know how to ride a bicycle when you are small right? You have suffered painful falls
just like smoking you have choked and cough at the intial puffs.

How to Unlearn your smoking habit
Now you have acquire the habit of smoking, you have to unlearn it. You have to quit smoking by
taking small baby steps. How do you make a 72 hour mountain climb? One step at a time.

We smokers are impatient people. We want immediate results now! But it isn’t our fault. Our minds have been conditioned by our addiction to expect immediate relief from the anxiety of early withdrawal.
Smoking nicotine was quick and dependable. Within 8 to 10 seconds of that first puff nicotine we
could actually feel it arrive in our brain as that aaahhh replenishment sensation was felt.

If you want to quit smoking, you will learn by ignoring the height of the mountain and continue
by just taking one step at a time.

Do you dream of being free? Are you able to stop smoking for one hour?
Do not underestimate the power of stop smoking for one hour, do your best to enjoy it. Don't
think about the anxieties or thinking about your next puff. See each hour of freedom as the full
and complete victory that it is.


some of the precautions:

  • get plenty of rest as a tired mind is easier to relapse
  • do not skipped meals,you'll experience wild blood sugar swings and concentration difficulties that can making recovery miserable
  • drink plenty of fruit juice the first three days to help stabilize blood sugar
  • reduce your caffeine intake

Take baby steps to complete freedom. Just one hour at a time to quit smoking.

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