| Do you know why quitting cigarette smoking is hard? | | | | simply not smoking because the absence of |
| Have you wondered why so many people try and try | | | | something is not a cure, just a gaping hole that needs |
| again and fail every time? Do you wonder how the | | | | to be filled with something before you relapse or it fill |
| people who do quit know how to stop the habit of | | | | with something worse. |
| smoking with such ease? | | | | So how can you develop this mindset when all you |
| The answer is not just motivation, not just willpower | | | | can think of is smoking and the cravings hit with a fury |
| and it is certainly not all the smoking cessation aides | | | | and force like a hurricane driving you reluctantly to pick |
| you can buy to help with cravings though they do | | | | up another cigarette? If you want to take the first step |
| have an effect. | | | | do these few things: |
| The answer is that to stop the habit of smoking you | | | | - set a quit date and stick to it, write it down and post |
| need to think, and believe that you do not want to | | | | it where you can see it and tell everyone you know |
| smoke and that you are a non-smoker to the core. | | | | that date! |
| You must develop a non-smokers mindset rather than | | | | - Repeat to yourself every day ‘I want to be |
| a smoker looking to quit mindset because that is | | | | healthy, happy and smoke free!’ because this |
| fraught with frustration and hardship compared to the | | | | ingrains positive reasons into your subconscious to be |
| positive healthy outlook of a non-smokers. | | | | a non-smoker |
| I know, this sounds trite and all too easy to say | | | | - reward yourself every day you do not smoke with |
| comparing with actually doing it but if you ask many | | | | something small and revel in every success and forget |
| ex-smokers who have no more urges to smoke they | | | | every failure because they do not matter in the long |
| will talk of a change of how they think more than | | | | run! |