| Have you ever said these words to anyone? | | | | will stem from your triggers. A trigger is |
| Have you said them to yourself, or even | | | | something that you associate with smoking. |
| thought them? If so, you are not alone. | | | | Here are some examples. |
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| Thousands and thousand of people every day | | | | You wake up in the morning, get your coffee, |
| say, "I need to stop smoking", either to | | | | get your newspaper, have a seat in your |
| themselves or to someone else. It's as if | | | | favorite chair and have a nice smoke before |
| nearly every smoker there is really doesn't | | | | starting your day. If you do this on a |
| want to smoke, but is caught up in the | | | | regular basis, you can rest assured that when |
| addiction and just can't seem to break free. | | | | you try to stop smoking you will feel an |
| But there are some common myths associated | | | | intense urge to smoke when you get into that |
| with the smoking habit. Let's take a look at | | | | chair with your coffee and your newspaper. |
| just a couple of them. | | | | Best to change your entire morning routine. |
| | | | With me, it was my patio. I hadn't smoked in |
| Myth number one: | | | | the house for years, so I had a very nice |
| | | | setup on the patio for my morning routine. |
| Some people absolutely cannot stop smoking no | | | | When I decided to stop smoking, I had to stay |
| matter what they do or try. This is not true. | | | | away from that patio for sure! |
| Anyone can stop smoking. Some people may need | | | | |
| to try more than once (in fact, most | | | | Another trigger for a lot of people are |
| ex-smokers didn't make it the first time they | | | | stressful situations. I used to work for a |
| tried), and some people need to try more than | | | | guy who thought he was the greatest thing |
| one method, but anyone can stop smoking. I | | | | since homemade ice cream, and he loved to let |
| remember thinking to myself that maybe I was | | | | people know it. Whenever that guy got hold of |
| one of the unfortunate souls that just could | | | | me for one of his little counseling sessions, |
| not stop smoking. Until I got rid of that | | | | and they were frequent all I could think |
| thought, I didn't stand a chance. The next | | | | about was getting out of there for a smoke |
| time you wake up in the morning coughing and | | | | and relax a little. I'm sure, if you are a |
| wheezing and thinking to yourself, "I need to | | | | smoker, you can relate to that. |
| stop smoking" you must also realize that you | | | | |
| CAN stop smoking. | | | | So, although the drug, nicotine, is out of |
| | | | your system after just three short days, you |
| Myth number two: | | | | will still suffer some withdrawal symptoms |
| | | | long after. If you can just remember that |
| The nicotine addiction stays within your body | | | | these stem from your mind, you can overcome |
| for life. Also, not true. In fact, if you | | | | them. One last word, there are a lot of |
| stop smoking for just 72 hours, yes just | | | | different methods to help you kick the habit. |
| three short days, most of the nicotine has | | | | While one method might work for me, it may |
| already been flushed from your body. The | | | | not work for you. It all depends on you, your |
| desire you feel for a smoke that lingers past | | | | makeup, your personality, etc... |
| the three-day mark is all in your mind, and | | | | |
| the mind is a powerful thing. | | | | Most importantly, when you think, "I need to |
| | | | stop smoking", you need to know that you can. |
| Nearly all of the urges to smoke you will | | | | You can, and you will. |
| experience after the initial three-day period | | | | |