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Quit The Cigarette Habit.
I never believed I would be able to end my smoking habit. It seemed like I was again and again waiting until the anxiety in my life was at a minimum to begin to quit and of course that just never happened.I used my smoking habit as stress reliever and I just didn't know what smoking control could do. Please note that "Smoking Control" is a branded product of the NOXO company. I knew I would gain weight and it seemed like every time I stopped smoking I replaced eating with my smoking and as soon as I saw a weight gain of more than ten pound I was once again smoking.
So, I was convinced I was going to have to find a behavior to oust my smoking or additional ways of dealing with pressures. At work instead of taking a smoke break I would use some smoking control. In the mornings instead of a cigarette with my hot drink I ate a great breakfast instead of my typical breakfast of a cigarette and coffee. After eating in place of a smoking I took a walk or exercised or read a book. In the car I listened to books on tape or music that took my mind off normal times in the car when I would smoke.
It was not an easy thing but I started doing other activities and habits for times when I would usually smoke and I started using smoking control. When I decided that I had to crack the smoking habit I began with a list of dos and don't s for my decision to smoke or not. In other words what I was getting out of smoking and then the cons to keeping with my smoking habit. Certainly the pros far outweighed the cons. The financial and health cost of a smoking habit makes the decision to carry on with one you can't really excuse in any sense except for the fact that as a smoker this is a habit that you relish.
After I made my checklist I hung this checklist up on my west wall in the den and also on my kitchen wall. I wanted everyday to see my motive for changing my behavior this helped quite a bit since stopping smoking is a choice one has to make everyday day by day. When you stop smoking you have to count on some times when you may stumble but in the past when I messed up I just accepted the fact that I had failed and began smoking full steam ahead but this time if I slipped and purchased a pack of cigarettes or smoked one or two I bummed from a buddy I allowed myself forgiveness for not being perfect and started right back up.
After I saw the scales go up I tried to exercise more and not to eat as much I also rewarded myself by pampering myself with something I typically wouldn't do for myself. Maybe by a splurge on shopping or a moving picture I wanted to see a nice dinner and an after dinner drink just something I enjoyed to remind myself that smoking wasn't the only pleasant thing for me. I can not say I still don't think about having a smoke from time to time and quite possibly always will yet I also remind myself that what you save is money your health and generally just feeling even better. Your clothes don't smell like smoke your hair doesn't smell of smoke you can taste the food you eat. You can also put the cash you would have used for buying cigarettes into a bank account and watch it build.
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