Throw Away Cigarettes and Smoking Utensils
Smoking cessation
After choosing your quit date, prepare yourself, start practicing, read quit smoking articles or books (repeatedly). When your quit date is about to arrive (let’s say tomorrow) throw everything (lighters, remaining cigarettes, ash trays) before going to sleep. When you finally extinguish your last cigarette, rejoice, don’t allow fear, anxiety and panic attacks to dictate you. REJOICE, say a little prayer, read your written statements, articles or books and go to sleep.
Use Auto-Suggestion / Read Quit Smoking Books or Articles
As I have mentioned many times, the best thing that you could do to make quitting easy for you is to saturate your mind about giving up smoking. Again, always keep a printed material beside you and keep on reading it. It maybe a quit smoking book or statements you picked up while reading about giving up nicotine addiction.
Your subconscious mind can do wonders for you once you learn how to utilize it. Even Allen Carr in his book admitted that hypnotism helped him in quitting smoking. So don’t underestimate the power of autosuggestion. Buy a quit smoking book or print articles and keep them beside you and read them again and again.
Learn Techniques in Relieving Stress
Deep breathing, meditation and other relaxation techniques are very helpful in coping up with panic attacks. Try it right now, if you feel the urge to smoke, don’t stand up and light one. Sit down, relax, take a deep breathe and say to yourself slowly “smoking is bad.” Do it 3 times and you will be amazed how the urge will leave you.
Visit Quit Smoking Websites or Forums
While surfing the Internet, for fun, shopping or research, try to visit quit smoking websites or forums. This will reinforce and strengthen your desire to quit. You will also meet other people who are quitting just like you and will motivate you further knowing you are not alone in this journey.
Seek Support from Smoking Buddies
Before your quit date arrives, talk to your smoking buddies that you will temporarily avoid them because you want to quit successfully. Many of course will give you a sarcastic smile and say “good luck.” Don’t be affected, remember you goal is to become a non-smoker not to show them that you could quit successfully. And I am sure many will follow your footsteps as soon as you become a non-smoker.
Read Quit Smoking Tips
I will save some space in this article and direct you to this link (Tips to Quit Smoking) it outlines things that you should do like drinking plenty of water, doing exercise, etc.
