How I Quit Smoking

Quit Smoking Whiners

2007-10-17T18:21:00.000-07:00

dear loser
how many times have you tried to quit smoking but fail?
how many quit smoking methods you have tried but fail again?

So do you know where the real problem is? Oh no prize for guessing..IT'S YOU!

Let's get something straight from the start. All the gums, nasal sprays, zyban, chantix, hypnotherapy are all of no use if you are weak! I mean not physically but mentally weak.

So many millions have quit smoking and I'm one of them. But how about you?
Are you still struggling and coping with chantix and counting down to your quit date?

Come on give me a break! You thought Chantix is some hokey pokey magic portion that you can take and voila, you became a non smoker and stay smoke free for life?

Wakey wakey rise and shine , loser!

But you say "hey, many of those who use chantix has quit smoking successfully, no?"
No matter how many successful people have use chantix and quit smoking completely, it all boils down to their determination to quit smoking.

So if your mind is weak, you are weak! Go on... go back to your Malboro Land and stay as a Malboro man. A smoke free lifestyle is not for you if you are not ready.

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2007-10-17T05:11:00.001-07:00

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Quit Smoking Benefits

2007-10-16T17:43:00.000-07:00

When Smokers like us Quit smoking, there are tremendous amount of benefits you will gain not in the short run, but in the long term benefits.

Below are the timeline of benefits when you decided to stop smoking.

20 minutes after quitting: Your heart rate and blood pressure drops.

12 hours after quitting: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.

2 weeks to 3 months after quitting: Your circulation improves and your lung function increases.

1 to 9 months after quitting: Coughing and shortness of breath decrease; cilia (tiny hair-like structures that move mucus out of the lungs) regain normal function in the lungs, increasing the ability to handle mucus, clean the lungs, and reduce the risk of infection.

1 year after quitting: The excess risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's.

5 years after quitting: Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 5 to 15 years after quitting.

10 years after quitting: The lung cancer death rate is about half that of a continuing smoker's. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, cervix, and pancreas decrease.

15 years after quitting: The risk of coronary heart disease is that of a nonsmoker's.

As you can see the faster you stop smoking right NOW, the lower your risk of lung cancer and other smoking related diseases compared to a non smoker. So why wait, unleash power to stop smoking is in your hands.

Ten Reasons Why You Must Quit Smoking

2007-10-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

It may sound like a nag, but as a position of an ex smoker, I'm telling you smoking makes you a drug addict. For most cases, many of us doesn't seem to mind the tag and you thought that you could quit anytime you want.

You must already know that smoking is 'bad' for you and I am not going to mention Lung cancer, the usual suspects of smoking. You will probably figure out that you will get around to quit smoking before you reach the point, or is it?

Here are the 'straight in your face' reasons WHY you must quit smoking

You stink.
But, you don’t know that, cos you’re so used to it you don’t smell it anymore. And I’m not just talking about your breath. Your hair, your clothes, your skin, your house, your car– even if you don’t smoke in it – it all stank.
You don’t look cool or sexy.
Hey did you know that Marlboro Man is out? Smoking is out for the hip crowd. When the hip crowd looks at you, you remind them of an era when Marlboro Man was cool, with all those cowboy outfit. You reminds them of a caveman who lives in the past and refuses to update your life.
Welcome, 2nd class citizen
You can’t smoke in theaters, you can’t smoke in restaurants, you can’t smoke in your office building, you can’t smoke at the bus stop, you can’t smoke within 30 feet of a public building, you can’t smoke on a plane, you can’t smoke in most of your friends homes.

There the only place you could smoke was huddling outside in the cold, jumping like a kangaroo or seek solace with your smoking buddies.

If you are still awake and realized what hit you, quit smoking and welcome back to first class.
Wrinkled like a prune
So what if you are smearing SPF 5000 and eat all the organics veggies? Sorry to disappoint you, you are going to shrivel up and wrinkle like a prune, it's part of smoking package.
You are going Broke
What’s it cost for a carton these days? Ferrari? Two Lambo? It’s insane how much Big Tobacco is making off of you and you are quietly bleeding your money to stuff cash in their pockets. Clever and smart choice while Big Tobacco keep boosting your outdated ego with the Marlboro Man. Do you really have nothing better to spend that kind of cash on?
Zero dates and pick up
Now you know the true reason why you fail miserably in pick up lines at the bar or dating.
Your food tastes like crap.
And I bet you don’t even know it, cos your taste buds have gone bonkers. You think something tastes good now? Quit smoking for a few months and you’ll wake up one day and realize how much better food really taste like.
Your finger nails are turning yellow.
Imagine yourself chatting up a lovely young woman over coffee. As far as you can tell, she’s hot and perfect. You think you could marry this chick. She likes you, too. So much so, she reaches across the table and pats your hand. You look down, totally psyched – this girl wants you! And then you see it – tar stained, brownish-yellow fingers. How sexy is girlfriend now?
You can’t smell roses
You can’t. Which is why you’re walking around reeking of Davidoff – cos you have no idea a little dab would have done you.
making Big Tobacco execs filthy stinking rich
maybe I should explain this? because the reason you are making others filthy stinking rich while you are worrying and stressing yourself over mortgage debts, credit cards debts with a cigarette hanging over your mouth, no?

Ways To Quit Smoking

2007-10-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

In this series, you'll find a variety of tips and helpful hints on kicking your smoking habit. Take a few moments to look at each suggestion carefully. Pick those you feel comfortable with and decide today that you're going to use them to quit.

It may take a while to find the combination that's right for you, but you can quit for good, even if you've tried to quit before.

Switch Brands

Switch to a brand you find distasteful.
Change to a brand that is low in tar and nicotine a couple of weeks before your target date. This will help change your smoking behavior. However, do not smoke more cigarettes, inhale them more often or more deeply, or place your fingertips over the holes in the filters. These actions will increase your nicotine intake, and the idea is to get your body used to functioning without nicotine.

Cut Down the Number of Cigarettes You Smoke

Smoke only half of each cigarette.
Each day, postpone the lighting of your first cigarette 1 hour.
Decide you'll only smoke during odd or even hours of the day.
Decide beforehand how many cigarettes you'll smoke during the day. For each additional cigarette, give a dollar to your favorite charity.
Change your eating habits to help you cut down. For example, drink milk, which many people consider incompatible with smoking. End meals or snacks with something that won't lead to a cigarette.
Reach for a glass of juice instead of a cigarette for a "pick-me-up."
Remember: Cutting down can help you quit, but it's not a substitute for quitting. If you're down to about seven cigarettes a day, it's time to set your target date to quit and get ready to stick to it.

Don't Smoke "Automatically"

Smoke only those cigarettes you really want. Catch yourself before you light up a cigarette out of pure habit.
Don't empty your ashtrays. This will remind you of how many cigarettes you've smoked each day, and the sight and the smell of stale cigarettes butts will be very unpleasant.
Make yourself aware of each cigarette by using the opposite hand or putting cigarettes in an unfamiliar location or a different pocket to break the automatic reach.
If you light up many times during the day without even thinking about it, try to look into a mirror each time you put a match to your cigarette-you may decide you don't need it.

Make Smoking Inconvenient

Stop buying cigarettes by the carton. Wait until one pack is empty before you buy another.
Stop carrying cigarettes with you at home or at work. Make them difficult to get.

Make Smoking Unpleasant

Smoke only under circumstances that aren't especially pleasurable for you. If you like to smoke with others, smoke alone. Turn your chair to an empty corner and focus only on the cigarette you are smoking and all its many negative effects.
Collect all your cigarette butts in one large glass container as a visual reminder of the filth made by smoking.

Coming soon, the preparation to make just before you quit smoking.

Quit Smoking-The First 72 Hours

2007-10-11T17:13:00.000-07:00

The first 72 hours of your quit smoking are the worst. Most of us want cigarettes badly from time to time and depending on our level of addiction to cigarette. Most of the smokers couldn't go more than 2 hours without a smoke.

What will you experience during the first 72 hours
You could not stop obsessing about having a cigarette but that'll stop after awhile. After a few days, you will get to the point where you barely gave it a second thought about smoking!

Physical Aftermath
Some of you might experience dizzy, headaches, nausea and cramps during the first 72 hours. You will have constant craving that are so bad that you feel like a complete crack addict and you might tell yourself a lie that if you just smoke one little cigarette, you will feel so much better. But do not give in. Some of you might experience shakiness and jittery inside and watery eyes.

However the physical cravings and the side effects were be gone by the first week, therefore you must hang in there during the first 72 hours.

Psychological Aftermath
Your mind won't stop thinking about smoking and that is for sure! Keep telling yourself that you are not giving in though and you will get through it! Once you hit 24 hours, you're one third through the quit smoking process and it will get easier and easier.

Why You Must Not Give In?
If you gave in and relapse then all your efforts in enduring all the constant craving has gone to waste. Here's a great motivator; just keep reminding yourself that you are not going to go through this terrible experience all over again and you are going to endure this once and for all!

Solution
Keep busy. Drink a cold glass of ice water. Get up and walk around. Do a crossword or Sudoko puzzle. Focus on breathing.
Click here to read the list of activities you can do to keep you busy.

Quit Smoking Cravings

2007-10-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

What do you do when your smoking cravings hits you?

Many smokers smoke to overcome boredom. Many of us smoke during our break at work or find that you now have nothing to do so you start to light up a cigarette. You may feel very bored when waiting for something or someone else.

Therefore when you are on a quit, you must be prepare for activities to do instead of smoking when a craving hits

List of activities

Walk the dog
Drink a glass of ice cold water very quickly
Take a shower
Sing, badly, at the top of your lungs
Carry a book, magazine, or crossword puzzle for waiting times.
Listen to a favorite song.
Go outdoors, if you can, but not to places you associate with smoking.
Watch funny youtube videos
Work out
Call a friend you haven't talked to in a while and catch-up
Listen to 80's music and dance crazy
Do Su Doku/Crosswords
Cook
Play a game
Write a letter
Eat a lolly pop
Punching a heavy bag
Swimming
Watching a lot of comedy on dvd and tv.
Hand held video games
Gardening
Knitting
Chew Gum
Suck on peppermint or cinnamon altoids
embroidery,
blogging
Crochet,

Nicotine and Your Body and Mind
• For smokers, boredom often brings the urge to smoke—this urge may have a physical
and chemical basis.
• When you quit smoking, you may miss the increased excitement and good feeling that
nicotine gave you. This may be true when you are feeling bored.

Quit Smoking Help
You may be very bored when taking a break. You will need to replace a smoke break
with something else. Nicotine cravings may be reduced by using nicotine replacement
products, which deliver small, steady doses of nicotine into the body. Nicotine
replacement patches, gum, lozenges, nasal spray, and inhaler appear to be equally
effective. Zyban contain Buproprion (which don’t contain nicotine) also help relieve withdrawal
symptoms.

read the post here on Quit Smoking using Zyban

Quit Smoking-Gain Weight

2007-10-09T17:20:00.000-07:00

Number 1 Barrier To Quit Smoking

Many smokers are afraid of weight gain and use this excuse for their failure to quit smoking. Smokers worry that their weight gain posed a greater risk than their present smoking habit. When you are smoking just one pack of cigarettes per day, you would actually be roughly 125 pounds overweight. How's that for the truth?

The fact is that many, but not all, ex-smokers do gain some weight after they quit. One study found that 60 percent of men and 51 percent of women ex-smokers put on extra pounds. But the degree of weight gain is relatively small in most cases. The average long-term weight gain for quitters is about 5 pounds, and in one study, 23 percent of quitters actually lost weight.

Smokers weigh less because smoking depresses the appetite for certain foods, while quitters, whose appetites are not suppressed, gain weight because they take in more calories. Nicotine may also alter the smoker's metabolism so that smokers burn more calories and convert fewer calories into fat. In addition, smoking serves as a meal terminator (rather than taking a second or third helping or dessert, you are likely to stop eating and have a cigarette).

Zyban for Quit Smoking

2007-10-08T17:35:00.000-07:00

What is Zyban?
Zyban is anti depressant medicine which contain Bupropion, also found in Wellbutrin. Zyban is only available on a doctor’s prescription.

How does Zyban help in quitting smoking?
As Zyban is use to combat depression, it appears to work by reducing nicotine cravings and the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. It also helps to prevent the unwanted weight gain which often accompanies stopping smoking.

Zyban does not provide nicotine to the body, it provides the smoker a feeling of well-being that allows him to give up the habit with relatively little difficulty. However, once Zyban treatment stops, the desire to smoke in certain situations may return.

How effective is Zyban in quit smoking?
Zyban approximately doubles your chances of quitting smoking at 3 months from your quit date. However Zyban is less effective than Chantix as shown in clinical trials, Zyban had around a 14% quit rate versus 21% for Chantix.

Zyban may cause seizures, especially in people with certain medical conditions or when using certain drugs. Tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions and the drugs you use.

Manufacturer for Zyban: GlaxoSmithKline

Quit Smoking Support

2007-10-07T17:18:00.000-07:00

Quit Smoking Help and Support from Family and Friends

There are two groups of family members and friends.

Those who do not smoke:
they do not understand or feel how extremely difficult it is to overcome your smoking addiction. They also do not understand your desire to quit smoking.
Those who smoke:
Some of them may have attempted to quit smoking but failed or some of them may not want to quit smoking at all. These are the friends or family members that are placing pressure on you to abort your quit smoking attempt and undermine your quit smoking effort.

Why?
It is because when you are going to a different direction from the norm, people close to you may try to hold you back. If you quit smoking successfully, this in turn place the pressure and spotlight on your family members and friends who are still smoking.

Your challenge
Your job is to surround yourself with positive people and those who are ex-smokers, either through talking to them or reading about various successful quit smoking case studies.

As for the case of the naysayers, let them know that if they are not willing to encourage you to quit smoking, they should keep their mouth shut while you quit.

What to tell your family members and friends when you are quitting smoking:

to give you positive encouragement
not to nag at you
not to point out your faults, mistakes and slips
praise you for your small victories (for eg crossing your 2 week without smoking)
ask them to be understanding during the times when you become snappy or impatient

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Quit Smoking Without Your Smoking Buddies

2007-10-04T17:16:00.000-07:00

What To Expect When You Try To Quit Smoking

Smoking Buddies
Some friends, especially those who are smokers themselves, may not be supportive of your efforts to cut down or quit. Also, they may not understand how much impact their behavior can have on your efforts to quit. They may say negative words or discouraged you from quitting smoking by poking fun at your attempt to quit smoking.

Why would they do that?
The reason is that your smoking buddies would not want you to succeed in quit smoking, because if you succeed this shows that they themselves can quit smoking too.

Here are more situations to expect

The changes you intend to make may disturb friends and family members who are smokers.

Friends may feel that your efforts to quit smoking will put a strain on your friendship. It will be tempting to join them for routine smoke breaks. Don't Join Them.

Did You Know?

You may find that you don’t want to smoke just because you see someone else smoking. Rather, your desire to smoke may be triggered by something special about the situation.

For example, being around the people you usually smoked with could trigger the urge to
smoke.

What To Do

Ask others to help you in your quit attempt. Give them specific examples of things that are helpful (such as not smoking around you) and things that are not helpful (like asking you to buy cigarettes for them).

Post a small “No Smoking” sign by your front door. Provide an outside area where smokers may go if they wish to smoke.

If you are in a group and others light up, excuse yourself, and don’t return until they have finished.

Do not buy, carry, light, or hold cigarettes for others.

Try not to get angry if family, friends, or coworkers hassle you about quitting.

Nicotine and Your Body and Mind

You may want to observe what triggers your urge to smoke. Figure out what it is about that situation that makes you want to smoke.

Many studies have reported that smoking may make you feel happier, more alert, and not as anxious. These good feelings may make you want to smoke. Also, you may associate these feelings with being around other smokers.

Quit Smoking Addiction

2007-10-03T17:09:00.000-07:00

Why did You And Me smoke?
While most of the media attention focus on our chemical addictions to nicotine, you are actually addicted in many ways not just to cigarettes. Let me explain.

When you are lighting up a cigarette, you are filled with smoking related thoughts.

You are addicted to:

the feel of the cigarette in your hand and mouth
the actions of lighting your cigarette, (the flicking of your zippo lighter eh?)
moving your cigarette up to your mouth,
flicking ashes from the cigarette
challenging your smoking buddies by flicking your cigarette butt as far as possible
holding your cigarette between your fingers or hanging at the side of your mouth

You've also become addicted to the visual appeal of cigarettes:

the flame, the smoke, even a dirty ashtray
to the deep inhalations and exhalations you take as you puff on your cigarettes
You may have become addicted to smoking buddies at your workplace

I know how it feels like, looking forward to your next drinking or pool session just because you can enjoy smoking together with your smoking buddies.

All these stimuli serve to meet some physical, psychological or emotional need within you.

Think about the pleasures you derive from smoking.

Some of the questions you have to ask yourself-->

Does smoking make you feel "cool"?
Do you get a lift or feel totally relaxed?
Do you need to have something in your mouth or hands?
Do you enjoy breathing deeply when you smoke?
Do you feel a compulsion to head out to socialize with your smoking buddies every evening after work?

Next time when you encountered stress and have a urge to light up a cigarette, stop

take a pencil or a straw
put it into your mouth
inhale deeply and slowly
exhale deeply like you are blowing out smoke

you will find the process of smoking is the same as inhaling and exhaling deeply.

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Quit Smoking For Others

2007-10-02T17:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the reasons smokers want to quit smoking:

"My husband can't stand it when I smoke - that is why I quit."
"My wife is trying to quit, so I will stop just to support her."
"My kids get sick when I smoke in front of them. They cough, sneeze, and nag me to death. I quit for them."
"My doctor told me not to smoke as long as I am his patient, so I quit to get him off my back."
"I quit for my dog."

Why smokers will relapse
The reason is because the primary motivation for quit smoking is quitting for the sake of others. Therefore the smoker tend to feel that he is depriving of himself something that he truly wants.

The trigger point for the smoker to return to smoking is when that someone he quit for disappoint or did something wrong.The smoker will retaliate by smoking another cigarette.

The success in quitting smoking is not getting off cigarettes, but rather the ability to stay off from smoking.

The real reason for quitting smoking
It is imperative for the smoker to realize that the person who benefit directly from quit smoking is himself. Although your family members and friends will benefit, but you as a smoker will feel in control of your life.

You will feel a surge in pride and a greatly improved self-esteem. Instead of feeling enslaved and deprived of cigarettes, you will feel good about yourself and being appreciative to have been able to break free from such a deadly, powerful addiction.

Always reward yourself when you are not lighting up another cigarette because you have truly shown that you have break free from a destructive addiction.

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Quit Smoking Facts

2007-10-01T17:22:00.000-07:00

Quit Smoking Facts #1
Four out of 10 who attempt to quit smoking goes back to smoking after their initial attempts failed.

However, those who succeed are characterized by persistence in trying to quit - these are the individuals who mount attempt after attempt before they are finally able to quit smoking permanently.

For one single strong reason: heart disease and lung-cancer deaths claim the lives of over 100,000 smokers each in the US every year. Smokers are twice as likely to have a heart attack compared to nonsmokers, and are more likely to die from it than their counterparts.

Quit Smoking Facts #2
Following the US surgeon general's initial warning in 1964 about the health impact of smoking, over 45 million smokers have already quit smoking. This shows that quit smoking in your life is achievable not some fantasy you dreamed up.

Quit Smoking Facts #3
Smoking is usually built into the daily routine of an individual. You can easily break the habit of smoking just by changing your daily routine. For an example, if you always light up after having your cup of coffee, change your routine to a cup of tea. Or if you smoke during tea break, change the timing of your break for a period of time. By changing your routine consistently for a period of time, you are actually helping yourself to break your habit of smoking.

Quit Smoking Facts #4
For long-term and consistent ex-smokers, risk of the disease was 83% below that of their heavy smoking counterparts, while non-smokers exhibited even less risk of contracting lung cancer. Light smokers, or those consuming 9 sticks a day on average, reduced their risk by 56%. However, those who permanently quit saw their risk fall 50% compared to heavy smokers.

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Setting Quit Smoking Dates

2007-09-26T17:39:00.001-07:00

The Lies of setting quit smoking dates

Most of the smokers are taught to make plans and preparations for their quit date.
Most smokers think that smokers who had successfully quit smoking must have put a lot of time into preparations and planning, setting quit dates and following stringent instructions until the magic day arrives.

The Honest truth about quit smoking
When the rubber hits the road, the action plan that I took rarely match those that I mentioned above. Let's face it, in the real world of smoking, smokers are alone by themselves in their uphill quest to become smoke free forever.

Therefore setting up quit dates serves only as a guideline for you to kickstart your quit smoking.
Ultimately no matter how much planning or preparations you have made isn't going to make you quit smoking any easier. If your quit smoking reason is not strong enough to fuel your desire to be smoke free.

Some of the smokers may be researching and planning about quit smoking strategies and techniques for ages before finally decided to take the plunge. Are you one of them?

Three smokers' scenarios

People who wake up one day and were suddenly sick and tired of smoking. They tossed the leeching cigarettes that day and never looked back.
People who get sick. Not smoking sick, meaning some kind of catastrophic smoking induced illness. I was one of those smokers who get a cold or a flu and feel miserable. They feel too sick to smoke, they may feel too sick to eat. They are down with the infection for two or three days, start to get better and then realize that they have a few days down without smoking and decide to try to keep it going. Again, they never look back and stuck with their new commitment.
( I belong to this category but I face some minor glitches)
Smokers who leave a doctor's office who have been given an ultimatum. Quit smoking or drop dead--Do or Die, it's your choice. These are smokers who has been identified by their doctors, that their lives is at great risk if they do not quit smoking. You would not want to be in this category, would you?

All these scenarios have one thing in common--smokers simply quit smoking in one day. The quit smoking reasons are varied however the technique used are basically the same.

You will see that the only one real underlying reason behind their decision to quit smoking is
to avoid pain.

If you really want to quit smoking, please find successful role models - long term ex smokers
in the real world, be it your friends, colleagues, relatives seek them out and ask them
why they quit smoking.

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Quit Smoking-Cold turkey

2007-09-25T17:32:00.000-07:00

I understands how it feels like as a smoker once, the craving to light a stick of cigarette,
the need for a cigarette as usual after dinner. When you are starting on cold turkey, the temptation when you saw your smoking buddy colleague light up, it was torturous pain a test of your willpower...

Why Nicotine is addictive
Smokers must realized that they are drug addicts after all. What? It is so serious? Yes the reason is because Nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug. Once the smoker has smoked for a fairly long time, the body requires maintenance of a certain level of nicotine in the bloodstream.

If this level is not maintained, the smoker will experience varying degrees of drug withdrawal.
The lower the level, the greater the intensity. That is the reason why smokers have the huge intensive desire.

Once the smoker quits, the nicotine level will eventually drop to zero and all physical withdrawal will cease. Cravings for an occasional cigarette may continue, but this is due to past psychological conditioning and not to a physical dependence.

After quitting smoking for two years, I will sometimes have a glimpse of a craving but it will pass as quickly as it goes. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to feel the cravings pass by and be truly smoke free.

Why cold turkey is the best method

Cold turkey induces short term suffering and creates a shorter period of withdrawal. Cutting down on cigarettes or use of nicotine replacement methods throws the smoker into a chronic state of drug withdrawal. The state of drug withdrawal will continue throughout the rest of the smoker's life unless one of two steps is taken to rectify it.

First, the smoker can stop delivering nicotine altogether. Nicotine will be metabolized or totally excreted from the body and the withdrawal will stop forever.

Second, the smoker can return to the old level of consumptions accomplishing nothing.

Therefore, cold turkey is the method of choice. Once the smoker stops, withdrawal will end within two weeks. If you are a smoker, I can help you over this crucial period of time.
Once it is past, you can rest assured that you will never need to smoke again.

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Quit Smoking-Why Smokers Fail

2007-09-24T17:05:00.000-07:00

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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Facts about quitting smoking

2007-09-23T18:28:00.000-07:00

It’s a proven fact: It IS possible for you to quit!
No matter what you think, no matter how many times you have tried but failed to quit smoking – forget everything and understand that it IS humanly possible! Just look at the millions of people who have done it and that includes me.

I am a average joe lure to smoking at an early age and succumbed to the temptation of smoking again and again after many repeated quits.

If those smokers out there and me can quit smoking, so can you! Trust me and yourself. We are
in this together.

You are your own saviour. So come to your own rescue!
(with me, an ex smoker supporting you)
I know how it feels like to see others smoke when you are on a quit. The "need" for a cigarette as usual after dinner...

First you must pause and truly DECIDE to take charge and responsibility to quit smoking.
Not because someone wants you to quit or nagging you to quit or whatever the external influences. You must be solely responsible to quit smoking because of some strong reasons.

For me, my decision to quit smoking was I had ENOUGH of falling sick easily.

if you're having family problems, worries, or if you're stressed or whatever. Everybody has problems. This has nothing to do with your quitting smoking.

This time, you are going to take the quit smoking bull by its horns and I am beside you.

The Pain of quitting smoking
You see,, this is where all those "Stop Smoking" programs fail - they give you pills to swallow,
chemicals to inhale, patches and gums, but don't care at all about you, and totally forget how hard and painful it is for you to cope with the frustrating and painful feeling of staying away from those bloody leeching cigarettes.

The key to quit smoking is to find your pain push button to quit smoking.
My Pain Push Button was:
i was frustrated and had enough of the bloody cigarettes causing me to fall sick easily, causing
inconveniences and money seeing my family doctor, not able to enjoy everyday Life's pleasures.

So you are unable to absorb what is here, just ask yourself this only one question:
Why am I trying so hard to quit smoking?
-list twenty reasons and you will find one of the answer is the key to your quit smoking success.

trust me it works

Quit Smoking -When is the Best time

2007-09-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

Quit Smoking -When is the Best time

Are you guilty of making these excuses?
-quit smoking during midterm, you must be nuts!
-I will quit smoking maybe after my daughter's wedding
-Maybe I will quit smoking after taking my end of year vacation
-My father is in the hospital. I can't quit smoking now
-I am making too many other changes to stop smoking now
-I have smoked for years and feel fine, why should I stop smoking now
-when things settle down I will quit smoking
-when things change for the better, I will quit smoking

It's truly fascinating how smokers can come up with so many excuses to quit smoking.

The best time to quit is NOW. No matter what time is it. When you are experiencing some form of emotional stress, that is the ideal time for you to quit smoking.

Why is stressful times ideal for quit smoking?
The greater the stress, the higher chances of quit smoking success.
When smokers successfully quit smoking at a less stressful time in their lives, they begin to
feel comfortable as ex-smokers as long as no problems surface.

However when smokers face their first real misfortune, they will revert to smoking immediately
because they were not fully prepared to deal with real stress without the need for cigarettes.

If, on the other hand, they had quit during a diificult time, they would have realized that even
under severe emotional stress life goes on without smoking. They will be secure in the knowledge that they can deal with crisis, any crisis, as non-smokers. Once they overcame the initial quitting process they found they were able to deal with stress better. They were able to meet the physical and emotional demands in their lives more efficiently than when they were smokers. They were truly better equipped for survival in our complicated world without the "help" of cigarettes.

When things get tough, deal with future problems in a constructive angle without the need for
cigarettes.

click here to find out how you can quit smoking in one hour

quit smoking hypnotherapy in acton massachusetts

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Quit smoking hypnotherapy in acton massachusetts

What is quit smoking hypnotherapy?
quit smoking hypnotherapy helps a smoker by eliminating the intense cravings that most smokers feel when they try to quit smoking.

The process of quit smoking hypnotherapy involves a hypnotherapist who guides the smoker into a heightened state of awareness.

In this state of consciousness, the smoker is highly susceptible to suggestions. The hypnotherapist will suggest a variety of phrases that help to reduce the smoker's cravings
and reliance on cigarettes.

Does quit smoking hypnotherapy works?
Many hypnotherapist claim that the stress reduction process through hypnosis is the main reason why it works. Smokers feel less stress and are therefore less likely to use cigarettes as a means to reduce stress throughout the day.

In most cases, quit smoking hypnotherapy do seem to work in the short term however there is still much debate regarding the long-term effects of quit smoking hypnotherapy treatments.

The main reason being the technique of quit smoking hypnotherapy works in a different way on different people. For instance, hypnosis can help smokers quit smoking for a few months,
but after the treatments are stopped, it may be hard for a smoker to continue to resist
the desire to smoke.

However, quit smoking hypnotherapy is still considered one of the most popular natural
quit smoking aids. Because it does not involve medicine or nicotine supplements, it is one
of the healthy ways to quit smoking.
Here is a list of professionally trained and certified hypnotherapist in acton massachusetts

Jan Eisnor from Woburn, Massachusetts who is professionally trained and certified hypnotherapist in the Boston area. His services include quit smoking hypnotherapy.

Jan Eisnor serves client in the North Shore area including Newton, Brookline, Beacon Hill, Brighton, Back Bay, Lexington, Concord, Carlisle, Waban, Auburn, Carlisle, Quincy, Wellesley, Stoneham, Winchester, Medford, Malden, Wakefield, Saugus, Reading, Arlington, Belmont, Acton, Cambridge, Sudbury, Somerville, Watertown, Norwood, Needham, Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem, Lynn, Revere, Danvers, Beverly as well as other New England States.

http://www.healingswithhypnosis.com/welcometohypnosis.html

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Dr Nicole Connolly, from Acton Counseling Association provides wide ranges of treatments which includes Hypnosis for Smoking and Weight Management

http://www.ActonCounselingAssoc.com

(978) 263-4381
75 Great Road, Rte. 2A
Acton, MA 01720-5660

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Darwin Gillett located in Newburyport, MA has experience working with a vast array of issues such as quit smoking hypnotherapy. His intent is always to guide his clients to a path of understanding and insight that allow them to fully utilize their own powerful and inherent healing and creativity in order to better their lives. The elimination of negative beliefs and influences open new and tremendous opportunities for health, happiness, peace, and success and often are the beginning of a new and fulfilling life for his clients

Darwin Gillett, MSW, LICSW, CH
Center for Mind-Body Psychotherapy
1 Merrimac Street, Suite 16
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-270-0394

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Best Quit Smoking Method

2007-09-19T05:29:00.000-07:00

What is the most successful technique for quitting smoking?
This is a common question most smokers will ask. There are countless of methods offered by the government, smoking cessation experts, professional health organizations of the world and the pharmaceutical industry.

The best method?
The important group of people that you must find and who are already quite credible to you. It's the people in your family and your friends in your real world who have successfully quit smoking and been off all nicotine products for at least one year or longer.

Find out how the people you know who are long-term ex-smokers actually stopped smoking. By long-term I mean people who are currently off all nicotine for at least a year or longer.

"You have tried to quit"
You will see that many of them had previous quits and relapsed, using all sorts of methods that are endorsed by professionals and maybe even a few of them had professional help with previous attempts. You will find that almost all of them did not follow what is considered the standard recommended advice on how to quit yet they did quit and are still going strong.

You'll find that they quit by simply stopping smoking one day for one reason or another and then have been able to stay off by sticking to a commitment that they made to themselves to not take a puff.

Find the Real reason to quit
You must find the real reason for you to quit smoking. Only you will know the answer. Not some smoking cessation experts, gums, sprays from pharmaceutical companies. If your reason to quit smoking is not strong enough, you will easily relapse and go back to "I'm just taking one puff"

How I Quit
I quit smoking when I found my real reason. I have been smoking since I was 14 years old. Back then it was cool to be seen smoking and everyone was curious in their teen years.

But curious turn into habit and I was happily puffing away 30 sticks like there was no tommorrow. Soon I realised that I was smoking for 15 years and I kept falling sick easily. I was seeing my family doctor for at least twice a month. Then one fine day I had enough of falling sick and I determine the cause of my sickness to smoking.

That's when I decided to stop smoking altogether. but there are difficulties ahead...read my upcoming entries...

Quit Smoking-7 Tips To Help You Quit For Good

2007-09-19T05:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah I know how it feels like...remember I was a 30 stick per day smoker once...to say quit smoking is easy, to actually do it's real hard. The psychocology and the physical addiction to nicotine makes it very difficult to just quit.

There are no easy solutions to quitting the smoking habit. But there are quite a few ways to make it easier to go through those first few weeks of being smoke free. If you make if past the first month, your chances of quitting for good are much higher.

here are some of the methods, do not be disheartened if you did not succeed the first time. keep trying another method that eventually helps you to kick the habit . Trust me the returns are enormous.

Go cold turkey - I know most of you will not try or have tried but did not succeed. To tell you the truth I have use this method to quit smoking for good. Period. No wishy washy, kicking and throwing little baby tantrums. Don't reduce the amount of cigarettes you smoke each day. Just stop totally. This seems counter-intuitive, but it's much better to quit all at once that to reduce the amount. Reducing the amount of cigarettes will not help you quit, it will only make it harder, and claim a heavier price from your health.

Replace your smoking with another habit-
Smoking is just another habit but a very BAD habit. You did not born into this world knowing instantly how to use a spoon, brush your teeth, wear your clothes,how to walk....etc All of this are habits. You have learnt the process of accumulating this habits. Therefore all you have to do is UNLEARN this bad smoking habit of yours.

You can replace smoking with eating fruits,candy for example. Another way is to replace it with physical activity, or drinking water. The important thing is to create new and useful habits instead of the BAD smoking habit.

If you have friends, father or close family members who smoke, you can do your part by sending them these tips to help them quit smoking. It will be worth it.

Click here to learn how to quit smoking for good

10 Quit Smoking Tips

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Tip 1. Believe in yourself. Believe that you can quit. Think about
some of the most difficult things you have done in your life and
realize that you have the guts and determination to quit
smoking. It's up to you.

Tip 2. create your own personalised quit smoking list, the things that you are comfortable doing. Create your quit smoking plan.

Tip 3. Write down why you want to quit (the benefits of quitting):
live longer, feel better, for your family, save money, smell
better, find a mate more easily, etc. You have already know the negative effects of smoking and Now it's the time to face it. write down on paper and read it daily.

Tip 4. Ask your family and friends to support your decision to quit.
Ask them to be completely supportive and non-judgmental. Let
them know ahead of time that you will probably be irritable and
even irrational while you are having withdrawral symptoms.

Tip 5. Set a quit date. Decide which day you will extinguish your
cigarettes forever. Write it down. Plan for it. Prepare your
mind for the "first day of the rest of your life". You might
even hold a small ceremony when you smoke you last cigarette, or
on the morning of the quit date.

Tip 6. consult your doctor about quitting. Support and guidance
from a physician is a proven way to better your chances to quit. but please don't buy those nicotine patches! You must keep in mind that you are trying to get away from Nicotine! not injecting yourself with it!

Tip 7. Begin an exercise program. Exercise is simply incompatible
with smoking. Exercise relieves stress and helps your body
recover from years of damage from cigarettes. If necessary,
start slow, with a short walk once or twice per day. Build up to
30 to 40 minutes of rigorous activity, 3 or 4 times per week.
Consult your physician before beginning any exercise program.

Tip 8. Do some deep breathing each day for 3 to 5 minutes. Breathe
in through your nose very slowly, hold the breath for a few
seconds, and exhale very slowly through your mouth. Try doing
your breathing with your eyes closed and go to step 9.

Tip 9. Visualize your way to becoming a non-smoker. While doing your
deep breathing in step 8, you can close your eyes and begin to
imagine yourself as a non-smoker. See yourself enjoying your
exercise in step 7. See yourself turning down a cigarette that
someone offers you. See yourself throwing all your cigarettes
away, and winning a gold medal for doing so. Develop your own
creative visualizations. Visualization works.

Tip 10. Many smokers find that the only
way they can truly quit once and for all is to just quit
abruptly without trying to slowly taper off. Find the method
that works best for you: gradually quitting or cold turkey. If
one way doesn't work do the other.

To find out how you can quit smoking like me go to Easy Quit Smoking System