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Congratulation,
you made two most important steps: You decided to stop smoking, and you
are looking for help. This means you already know that smoking causes all
kind of health problems, but did you know that smoking also makes you
agley?
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Smoking
diminishes your sense of taste
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It
causes hair loss and deep wrinkles
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Nicotine
kills your estrogen, which affects your sexual performance.
As
any other addiction, smoking is difficult to overcome. Even more difficult
because it is socially accepted addiction. It takes work and commitment to
overcome it.
Most
important step to success is conviction. Once you decide to do it,
everything else comes easier, and it is just a question of finding a way
that is right for you.
Most
people smoke 30 % from dependency on nicotine and 70 % from habit. You may
be surprised to learn that fighting your habit may be more difficult than
fighting your dependency. This is the reason you must change the way you
live in order to succeed.
Change
your daily routine.
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Think
of your day and number all the times you light a cigarette. 1st
morning coffee, 2nd after breakfast, 3rd small break
at work, and so on. You have to change your schedule to avoid these
situations. No coffee in the morning, instead have an orange juice. After
your meal, immediately get up and do something engaging. Do not go to
places most people smoke, take a break with people that don’t smoke, or
just take a brisk walk. Quick
often walks will help, because they can be done at any time or place. Even
walking from one end of the office, school or home to the other and
talking a cup of water will work.
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Don’t
allow yourself to be bored; this is your biggest enemy.
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Get
your hands busy at all the times.
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Take
a lot of showers. It will clear your head as well as clean you body.
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Change
your food
There
are foods that make you want to smoke, and there are foods that diminish
this need.
All
heavy foods with a lot of salt and spices will make you want to smoke.
Stay away from all sweets, coffee, alcohol.
Eat
salads, vegetables and fruit. Meat and fish need to be very lightly
seasoned.
Snack
on fresh fruit or unsalted nuts (no peanuts)
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Drink
a lot of water, no pop or juice.
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Exercise
on regular bases.
Exercise
will make you to busy and to tired to smoke.
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Give
yourself a gift
First
day you stop smoking get a big glass jar. Every morning take the money
that you would buy cigarettes for and put it in the jar. Every day watch
the money grow. Calculate how much money will be in the jar after 1 month,
after 6 months and after a year. Make a plan to get yourself a gift for that money. Perhaps, a
nice vacation after 1 year.
Although
you will be counting your money and planning vacations, try to live and
think today. Don’t think about all the days and months you will have to
go through without cigarettes. Every morning you will declare:” I will
not smoke today”, and that is all you need to do.
Don’t
smoke today.
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