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March 19th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

give up smoking It has been around 18 months since I gave up smoking and every time I meet
a smoker they always ask how I did it. I have to say it took me three
times before I eventually gave up for good.

There were lots of different factors that led me to even start thinking about
giving up; however the main one was my own health. Other reasons included
my children, they kept telling me I was going to die and got quite distressed
about it; the smell in the house; the smell on my clothes; feeling like a leper
when going outside to smoke. There are a million reasons to give up and
only one reason to continue and that is addiction.

I used to tell myself I could give up if I really wanted to but I didn’t
want to. The truth is I did want to but felt it would be too hard
and I didn’t want to fail, so it was easier to say I enjoyed it too much. I
enjoyed the supposed feeling it gave me after dinner, with a cup of tea, whilst
having a drink etc. However when I realised it was me who was creating
this feeling and not the cigarettes things started to change in my way of thinking.

I began telling myself it was easy to give up smoking and after about 2 months
I gave up for good and haven’t looked back since. I worked on my
belief system about giving up smoking and convinced myself it was going to
be easy and when the time came it was easy.

My tips for giving up smoking would be:

Give yourself compelling reasons to give up, don’t do it for other
people, and do it for yourself.
Set a date about 2 months in advance of when you will give up and tell
yourself every day you are going to give up on that day.
Don’t try patches or gum with nicotine in it. Once you
told yourself for two months when you will give up just give up
Tell yourself every day it is easy to give up smoking; your brain will
really start to believe it after a month or so.
Tell your friends and family you will be giving up on ‘that date’,
this gives you a little pressure and shows your friends and family you are
committed.
Break the old patterns of behaviour surrounding your smoking e.g. if you
smoked after your dinner at night, go for a walk instead or go clean the
bathroom. Pretty soon your mind will get out of the old habit and start
forming new habits.

It is easy to give up smoking, however we have been conditioned to believe
the opposite is the case. Our mind will believe whatever we tell it to
believe and adjust our physiology and cravings accordingly. When you
tell yourself it is easy to give up smoking for two months, it will be very
easy on the day to give up, you have to believe it.

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Comment by Daniel on 19 March 2007:

I wish I had seen this when I quit. I stopped about a year ago now and while it was easier than I thought it might be, I’d have loved to use this method. I found in my experience that it was the habitual cigarettes that got me. That one after dinner, or first thing in the morning were the keys to quitting. The minute I rid myself of those habits it became a cake-walk to throw it away completely, no gum or patches.

I hope others get good use out of this and help themselves quit. I enjoyed the habit, but the effects were awful. Bravo for spreading this method.

-DanielRo

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Comment by Pamela on 21 March 2007:

It’s really hard to give up on something, especially if you are addicted to it. But I like your attitude about the whole giving up thing. You were ready to change for the good of everybody and yourself. We need a positive outlook in life for us to develop.

Comment by Alex on 22 March 2007:

Those are great tips. I believe them to be good since they came from experience. I have several friends who wanted to quit a long time ago but could. I guess this post will inpire them into giving up eventually.

Comment by Desmond Ng on 2 April 2007:

This are no doubt great and useful tips. However, I feel that giving a 2 months period may take too long. I have friends that do that and because they think they gonna give up smoking soon, they smoke 2 times more then usual during the last phase.

In the end, they still could not get rid of the addiction.

Comment by softsolutions on 22 August 2007:

I stoped two year ego and now quite comfartable to me. To quit smoking, I joined health club.

Comment by Tanya on 5 January 2008:

Some pretty good tips there. Of course in the end it all comes down to mindpower.

Comment by Quitting Tips on 31 January 2008:

Check the link from my name for a few helpful tips I have compiled. Do you mind if I add yours to my list?

Comment by Make Money Online on 11 March 2008:

I quit some 9 months ago and am very proud of it. I also gained about 20#, but I am not going to worry about it just yet. Rather chunky and smoke free.

Comment by How to quit smoking on 7 August 2008:

Some great tips - the one that really made a big different when I stopped was changing behaviour patterns. I always had a smoke after a meal (any meal) so instead I would go for a short walk, and take something with me to keep my fingers occupied. I started with a rubics cube (showing my age now) but anything that keeps your fingers working helps take your mind off the cigarette.