| The first week after quitting smoking is the hardest. | | | | deep-rooted mental connection between the trigger |
| You get the most intense cravings to start smoking | | | | (for example, seeing your friends) and lighting a |
| again, and your resolve is at its weakest. Don't worry | | | | cigarette. You need to break that connection before |
| though, because you CAN make it through it! | | | | you can comfortably be around them without smoking. |
| Urges to smoke are essentially all mental trigger based. | | | | You don't need to do anything specific here other than |
| You probably have a few friends that always get | | | | not smoking when you see them. |
| together and smoke. An example trigger would be | | | | After being around the trigger without smoking a few |
| meeting with those friends. | | | | times, your urge to smoke will decrease until it no |
| You should identify those triggers before quitting | | | | longer makes you want a cigarette. At first, it may |
| smoking, so you know what will cause you to want to | | | | seem that seeing your friends as in the case above |
| smoke after stopping. This doesn't mean that you can't | | | | will never be the same again, but you need to |
| be friends with them any more, but you do need to be | | | | remember that being around you friends isn't fun |
| careful the first few times when you see them after | | | | because you smoke cigarettes with them, it's fun |
| quitting, since your urges to smoke will be the highest | | | | because of their company, and not smoking around |
| then. | | | | them won't detract from being with them. |
| Remember that for your smoking triggers, there is a | | | | |