I Just Can"t Quit Smoking
Try and try as we may sometimes it just seems impossible to quit smoking.
Why is it when we try to quit our car breaks down or we have a fight with a loved one? The stress just makes it seem unbearable and the only relief comes from lighting up and having a cigarette.
If we wait for that perfect stress-free day to quit smoking it will never happen.
Over the years as a smoker smokes they develop routines and excuses to smoke.
Smoking becomes a crutch, an everyday event when dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, hunger, sleepiness, etc.
Eventually nearly everything we do and feel revolves around smoking.
Some people even avoid going to certain places because they won't be able to smoke.
Is this how you live your life? The biggest problem when it comes to quitting smoking is not the physical addiction, it is the psychological addiction.
Listening to people who want to quit smoking they often say that they can't quit right now because there is too much going on in their lives.
The problem with this is; when did smoking become such a strong influence on a person's life? Why did we allow it to get such a foothold? The sneaky thing about smoking is that the brainwashing took place over a long period of time, sometimes years.
Once we start associating smoking with, for example, relieving stress it is reinforced time and time again each incident when you light up after feeling stressed.
The truth is that smoking doesn't relieve stress, you just think it does.
Take the time to look at all the reasons why you smoke.
Do you hear yourself saying you smoke to manage stress? How about other reasons? These are the beliefs you need to attack when quitting smoking.
Conquer them and you will conquer your addiction.
There are numerous healthy ways to deal with life, you just need to relearn them.
If you don't quit smoking, eventually one of the health effects of smoking is going to catch up with you, forcing you to make a choice.
Why wait? Take charge now and take control back of your life.
Quitting smoking may not be the easiest thing you have ever done but chances are it isn't the hardest either.
Believe in yourself and in the choice to give up smoking, it is the right thing.
Success is in your grasp so reach out and grab it.
Why is it when we try to quit our car breaks down or we have a fight with a loved one? The stress just makes it seem unbearable and the only relief comes from lighting up and having a cigarette.
If we wait for that perfect stress-free day to quit smoking it will never happen.
Over the years as a smoker smokes they develop routines and excuses to smoke.
Smoking becomes a crutch, an everyday event when dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, hunger, sleepiness, etc.
Eventually nearly everything we do and feel revolves around smoking.
Some people even avoid going to certain places because they won't be able to smoke.
Is this how you live your life? The biggest problem when it comes to quitting smoking is not the physical addiction, it is the psychological addiction.
Listening to people who want to quit smoking they often say that they can't quit right now because there is too much going on in their lives.
The problem with this is; when did smoking become such a strong influence on a person's life? Why did we allow it to get such a foothold? The sneaky thing about smoking is that the brainwashing took place over a long period of time, sometimes years.
Once we start associating smoking with, for example, relieving stress it is reinforced time and time again each incident when you light up after feeling stressed.
The truth is that smoking doesn't relieve stress, you just think it does.
Take the time to look at all the reasons why you smoke.
Do you hear yourself saying you smoke to manage stress? How about other reasons? These are the beliefs you need to attack when quitting smoking.
Conquer them and you will conquer your addiction.
There are numerous healthy ways to deal with life, you just need to relearn them.
If you don't quit smoking, eventually one of the health effects of smoking is going to catch up with you, forcing you to make a choice.
Why wait? Take charge now and take control back of your life.
Quitting smoking may not be the easiest thing you have ever done but chances are it isn't the hardest either.
Believe in yourself and in the choice to give up smoking, it is the right thing.
Success is in your grasp so reach out and grab it.
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