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Here Is A Technique To End Your Smoking.I'd tried a few times to quit smoking.. It seemed like I was continually waiting until the anxiety in my life was at a low point to begin to stop and of course that did not happen.I used my smoking as stress reliever and I just didn't know what smoking control could do. Please note that "Smoking Control" is a branded product of the NOXO company. I was apprehensive about weight gain and it seemed like every time I quit smoking I replaced eating with my smoking and as soon as I saw a weight gain over eleven pound I was once again smoking. So, I was sure I was going to have to find a behavior to oust my smoking or different methods of dealing with stress. At work instead of taking a smoke break I would use some smoking control. In the morning instead of a cigarette with my hot chocolate I ate a hefty breakfast instead of my routine morning meal of a cigarette and coffee. After eating instead of a smoking I took a little walk or exercised or read a book. In the car I listened to books on tape or music that took my mind off normal times in the car when I would smoke. It wasn't easy but I started replacing other activities and habits for times when I would usually smoke and I started using smoking control. When I decided that I had to crack the smoking habit I began with a list of pros and cons for my decision to have a smoke or not. In other words what I was getting out of smoking and then the cons to keeping with my smoking habit. Obviously the pros far outweighed the cons. The financial and health cost of a smoking habit makes the decision to carry on one you cant really excuse in any sense except for the fact that as a smoker this is a habit that you savor. After I made my checklist I hung this checklist up on my bathroom mirror and also on my kitchen wall. I wanted everyday to see my motivation for changing my behavior this helped a bit since stopping smoking is a determination one has to make daily day by day. When you stop smoking you have to assume some times when you may make a mistake but in times past once I slipped I just accepted the fact that I had failed and began smoking full steam ahead but this time if I back slid and purchased a pack of cigarettes or smoked one I bummed from a buddy I allowed myself forgiveness for not being perfect and started right back up. The moment I saw the scales go up I tried to exercise more and not to eat as much I also rewarded myself by pampering myself with something I generally would not do for myself. Maybe by a splurge on shopping or a motion picture I wanted to see a nice dinner and an after dinner drink just something I enjoyed to remind myself that smoking wasn't the only delightful thing for me. I will not say I still don't think about smoking from time to time and certainly always will but then I also remind myself that what you save is money your health and generally just feeling far better. Your clothes don't smell like smoke your hair does not stench of smoke you can taste the food you eat. You can also put the cash you would have used for buying smokes into a saving account and watch it build. Related Articles:: |
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