Are You Having Trouble Quitting Smoking?
September 6th, 2009 | Published in Stop Smoking Tips
No one ever said that it is easy to stop smoking cigarettes. As a matter of fact, most ex-smokers will tell you that quitting and giving them up for good was one of the hardest things they ever had to do. Some of them had to make several attempts before they were successful, but the key to that success was that they kept trying. That is what anyone who is determined to get tobacco out of their life will have to do, not give up.
A lot of times when a smoker begins the quitting process they will try to do it cold turkey. This is when they stop all at once and do not smoke anything at all after they have made the commitment. The only problem with that is sticking to the commitment. A smoker can start out in the morning with all the determination in the world, but by the time they have gotten to the afternoon, they just might not be able to take it anymore and give in and have a cigarette. After they have given in and smoked that one cigarette, they usually feel defeated, like they have lost the battle and then they will just forget the whole thing and all of that effort was for nothing.
What most smokers should realize is that any progress at all is progress. Just because you get weak and have one cigarette, that does not mean you have to give up. That is like that old saying about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. You just pick up right where you left off and start again. If you continue to do this, even though you do give in here and there, it should get easier to say no to those hard temptations. It might take you weeks to be able to go through an entire day without smoking anything at all, but when you finally reach that point, you are going to feel so empowered that the next day it might be just a little easier to get through it.
Even when you get that far and have went several days without a smoke and then give in and have one, this is most definitely not the time to give up just because you smoked one cigarette. You already know that you are capable of going several days without one, so once again, you start over. Quitting smoking is a process just like starting to smoke was a process. You did not start smoking constantly overnight and chances are you will not be able to quit smoking overnight either. Build your willpower slowly if you have to, but the point is to keep building it. If you give up completely every time you give in and smoke, you will never reach your goal of being smoke free.
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You might have to endure several starts and stops in your journey to quit smoking. Just keep your goal in mind and continue on even when you slip up and have a cigarette.
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