Non Smoke

A list of aids for quitting the smoke

Smoking can take you to the depth of your personality. It is not as bad as heroine but the challenge of giving up might even prove to be jarring for your family. It would be so much easier if you could just give up smoking by taking some multivitamin. In fact there is a lot more work to be done before you can fully access the amazing ways to give up smoking.

1. The only person that needs convincing is you. It is important that you are committed to the cause or everything else will be a waste of time and money. You should make sure that you give up with conviction rather than just following the fashionable trends. The best motivation is your own determination. The power to give up smoking lies in you and you have to harness it in order to overcome this habit.
2. Keeping busy might take you away from the cravings. For example you might decide to look for a hobby or complete a household chore that you have always been meaning to accomplish. This is the setting that you need to ensure that you can concentrate on the process of giving up the habit. Do not be tempted to overwork because that will induce stress and send you straight back to the smoking.
3. Some people have used dummies to keep them away from smoking. They will place something in their mouth that resembles a cigarette but when in fact they are not smoking at all. Gradually they will stop getting the craving. It is a good idea to go back to see where they have gone wrong but with a dummy all those psychological battles are simplified. It becomes a physical rather than emotional battle.
4. After a few weeks of being clean it pays to go and smell a room or piece of clothing that has stale smoke. That smell is so appalling that it might put you off the habit forever. At the same time you have to be wary of the fact that it might turn out to be rather attractive. Avoid the smoking for old times’ sake.
5. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Some people descend into self pity which gives them some sort of justification to go back to smoking. This is the wrong approach and you will pay the price for it.

The health battle

If you learn how to stop smoking then you will be well on your way to improving your health status. If and when you take the plunge, it will be a seismic stage in your quest to have a healthier lifestyle. Of course you might even get the added benefit of not having to treat mouth ulcers and other conditions that are associated with smoking. These are a few tips on the ways in which you can ensure that you have the very best chances of overcoming a habit that has tested the most resilient people on earth including the president of the United States of America!

1. Keep a record of your successes. They will help you to remain positive in situations whereby the cravings are just killing you. If you celebrate your success then you will fear to lose all that effort for nothing. A chart of milestones will also help you to navigate the different formulations of the journey. Those people that have religious leanings might even pray during the stages so that they get encouragement in their quest.
2. Smoking should be given up gradually. Instead of the pack, start going for four then move down to one. It is then easier to delete the practice from your lifestyle. However if you jump straight from the packet to nothing then the body will not get the chance to adjust. You will be creating more problems than solutions by your abrupt changes.
3. Se clear and firm targets. Vague promises to quite at some unspecified time in the future will lead you nowhere. You must put in the work to ensure that you are quitting at the right time. It is in your best interests to constantly look for strategies that can guarantee that you will be able to overcome this personal task.
4. If you have a spouse then let them be part of the support network that keeps you going. They will have the authority and audacity to tell you off if you fail to follow the withdrawal program. They will also comfort you in the hard times when you become very moody.
5. Do not replace one addition for another. For example it is very foolish to run away from smoking and then jump straight into drinking. You will be in perpetual rehab. The best thing is to keep clean once you have gotten rid of the smoke.

I have noticed a lack of content in this area. People, me including, have wrote several pieces on dealing with quitting smoking, side effects, the cravings, so on and so fourth. But what if you are not a smoker, but a loved one is, and you need help dealing with what they are going through.

Well coming from someone whose wife has tried to quit smoking a number of times, I can personally tell you that this transition is not an easy one. The first time my wife stopped smoking, it was really difficult for here, as well as it was for me. Between the moodiness, cravings, and fact of not knowing what mood she was in, after 3 weeks I went out and bought her a pack of cigarettes myself, because I did not get married to live that way. To that let me add that my actions were really inappropriate, uncalled for and not necessary. I was at the time just unaware of what she was going through, and only looking at things from my point of view.

Something everyone one that is going through this with a loved one, family member or friend, needs to know is what they are going through. They are trying to kick an addiction in the rear. Trying to improve their life by dramatically changing a life controlling habit is not the easiest thing to do.

While it might appear that there is a lot of negative things happening, at the same time several positive things are happening simultaneously. Even though they are moody, unpredictable and maybe even a bit negative towards things or you, their body after only 12 hours of giving up cigarettes has started healing itself.

But let’s deal with these things that might seem negative. Mood changes and emotional are two very normal things to happen to people when they give up smoking. These things happen because the amounts of hormones in the body are changing, quite dramatically, and the body I dealing with it the best it can. The important thing to remember is that this will all pass in time. Once they have went a full month without nicotine the mood swings and fast emotional changes will start to subside. I know first hand that these things are not the easiest to cope with, but they are necessary to complete.

After the second month you will start to see a dramatic change in attitude, mood and things will start to return to normal. The first month is the by far the hardest. A good tip to make it through is one talk to the person quitting, and let them know that you are there for them, and try to talk to them about how you are feeling. When you do this, do not take the focus off of the fact that you are supporting them one hundred percent, and stay positive to the fact they are making such a positive change in their lives. Another good thing to do is enlist support; I have said many times that if you are quitting smoking to always have someone to talk to, but this is also true when someone close to you is quitting smoking.

I will leave you with this; your loved one is making one of the most important changes in their lives. They have decided to change for the better, change their habits, their health, and the way their life has been since this addiction took over. Stay supportive, understand what they are going through, and do what ever they ask of you to help them through it. Once this journey is complete and they are smoke free, both your lives will be so much better, and you get to spend more of it together.

So you have finally decided to quit smoking? Now it’s time to enlist help, nothing wrong with getting help. We all know that quitting smoking is one of the hardest things we will try to do. Don’t go this alone, stick with us and we will help you stay the course. Our program works in 3 easy steps, and in just 5 days you are smoke free.