Smoking is one of the most easily addicting bad habits in the world to pick up short of illegal drugs. A nicotine addiction has an iron grip over the smoker that many smokers can rarely muster up the will power to resist. However, it is not an impossibility for one to quit. In fact, it is a task that any person should be able to accomplish with the right motivation and a lot of developed will power.
The first thing you need to tell yourself as you try to quit smoking is that you have a nicotine addiction. It is important to remind yourself just how serious your addiction to nicotine is. Remind yourself how when you light up a cigarettes, you are literally inviting poison into your body. You are bringing in tar and chemicals that fill your lungs, and can cause serious respiratory problems, even lung cancer.
Remind yourself that it is stupid to willingly ingest poison over long periods of time. You need to then tell yourself that you no longer smoke. Breaking the smoking mentality is part of why so many people fail when they try to quit smoking. They think of themselves as a smoker who is trying to quit, when the mentality they need to have is that they have already quit.
It is important that you keep in mind that you may slip up and smoke at least once. Do not get angry or beat yourself up about it, as it is understandably difficult to quit without temptation. Instead, you should keep a written record of what led up to you picking up the cigarette and lighting it. This way you will have a frame of reference to help prevent it from happening again.
It is also very important for you to have a non-smoking friend or family member hold you accountable. If you have a friend that you know will give you a hard time about smoking, that will serve as an incentive to keep yourself from smoking again. It is also important for you to keep yourself constantly reminded of your motivation for quitting.
If it is for your friends, then keep a picture of your friends in the place you found yourself smoking the most, if possible. Do the same if your motivation is your family. If it is your health, then just keep reminding yourself that you do not want to develop cancer. These are just a few tips that will help you on your road to recovery.
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