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For some reason, you now feel it the right time in your life to stop smoking. So you sit in one corner and try to think of how best to proceed with your plan. Deep inside you, you feel that it will be a long and difficult journey ahead and yet you are already convinced that you should make that step. You have thought many times about quitting but not even once did the idea sound appealing to you. Now you are forced to attack the plan in the best way possible. You are sure this is going to be the most difficult attempt that you would ever do in your life but only because of very strong reasons.
For some reason, you now feel it the right time in your life to stop smoking. So you sit in one corner and try to think of how best to proceed with your plan. Deep inside you, you feel that it will be a long and difficult journey ahead and yet you are already convinced that you should make that step. You have thought many times about quitting but not even once did the idea sound appealing to you. Now you are forced to attack the plan in the best way possible. You are sure this is going to be the most difficult attempt that you would ever do in your life but only because of very strong reasons. Statistics is alarming. A great number of people who attempted to quit smoking have failed in their programs each year. While millions out there are struggling to break the habit, there are still many out there who are just starting to get into it. You may be one of those who fall in the first category who are trying to quit, but all around you are temptations. This venture is harder than you ever thought. You have to have will power to resist temptation, otherwise, the temptation will overcome you. Starting with a good plan is essential in your venture. But before you ever create a plan, you must first know what are the reasons why you are quitting now. Reasons themselves are unimportant. They can be serious or silly. But what is important is that you are convinced by these reasons. If you only thought of a reason but have not felt that push from your experience, that might just end up to be a weak motive. Thus, it does not have much power to motivate you. You need, therefore, to spend a time in silence to be able to examine as honestly as you can the reasons why you have to quit. Determining your motives is very important and it makes the succeeding steps easier to do. The reality is going on with a plan when you are not convinced and even clear with why you have to do it would just make the road twist and turn for you. Just quitting for the purpose of quitting can make you easily slip out of your resolve, or make you more likely to cheat on your plan. Thus, know what it is that really drove you to attempt. Once you are able to accomplish that, the next steps such as creating a schedule, establishing a social network will just be easier to do. You will have to work hard to stay committed to the plan. This means being alert to recognize temptations in places and situations. This is true when you are out in a restaurant and the lure of the smoking area where there are people with their tobaccos or stalls with cigarettes can be very attractive. Better to immediately walk away from these places. Even at home, remove anything that you can associate with smoking. Clear your home of any cigarettes. If you can find someone who is in the same boat as you do, struggling too to quit smoking, the better will be your chances of success. While not everyone can find success in a buddy program, having someone into your goals can make you share the accountability as well as point out lapses together in your program. This accountability that each buddy feels for the other is very helpful in trying to quit. This is a good antidote for those many self-made attempts to quit which just ended up in failure just because no one has offered support when the urge to smoke becomes very strong. Having a friend who shares the same trial and struggle that you do would help you to resist more the temptations since neither one of you will want to be the first to give in. Use this bond to your advantage and watch how the two of you have succeeded in improving your health and overcoming the chain of smoking. DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. Learn more on making your stop smoking plan successful by going to Breaking Your Smoking Habit |