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Here are some strategies that have helped others quit:
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- Write down a list of your personal reasons
to quit smoking and review it often.
- Get rid of all cigarettes, ashtrays, and other
smoking-related articles and don't buy any more.
- Take it one day at a time.
- Tell all of your friends, relatives, and coworkers
that you are going to quit smoking on a particular day and ask each of them to help you stick to your promise.
- Learn some stress management techniques, like
yoga, tai chi, running, or self-hypnosis to help you reach your goal.
- Work with a hypnotist to help you become more
aware of your smoking, increase your sense of control, and help lessen your cravings.
- Learn effective breathing techniques.
- Chew cinnamon gum or chew on a cinnamon stick
to eliminate cravings.
- Keep your determination - - event if you have
a setback or two.
- Plan an exciting vacation with all the money
that you are saving by not buying cigarettes.
- Stay active while you are awake and try to
do things that keep your hands busy.
- Participate in activities with non-smokers.
- Have as much fun as you can!
- Make sure that you get sufficient vitamins.
- Learn how to use affirmations effectively and
use them at least three times a day.
- Ask friends and family not to smoke in your
presence.
- Vary your routine. Do something new.
Dance like no one is watching. Get a massage. Take a bubble bath.
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A Simple Breathing Technique To Try .....
When you feel a craving on the way, take a deep breath, inhaling into the
deepest part of your lungs, without straining, of course. See how long you can comfortably hold this breath, and then
exhale very, very slowly through your mouth. If you can safely close your eyes, you may add visualization to the exercise.
With your inhalations, visualize clean refreshing air bringing energy into your body. With your exhalations, visualize
all the tension in your body washing away and draining out of your fingers, toes, and every pore of your body. Repeat
this 3-5 times or until the craving melts away.
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