How To Quit Smoking Today!When you decide to quit smoking, you must fix a day to quit and write the date down, and the sooner, the better. Tomorrow is as good a bet as any other day. Heck, why not today? There is still a little more paper work to be done. It would be a good idea to write down any other occasions when you tried to quit smoking earlier but did not succeed. Think of the reasons you failed, and write them down too. These reasons are your personal pitfalls, and it would be best to be aware of them. Do not throw away this bit of paper. Try, in fact to keep it where you can see it. You could try pinning it in your work station or even on your bathroom wall. Next, you need to face your problem head on. Admit it, say it, and realize how much it hurts. If you can do that much then the battle is half won. Most smokers make a fatal mistake here. They keep on telling themselves that can break off as easily as snapping their fingers when they really can't. They try to fool themselves because they feel weak and submissive when they admit that they cannot do without their smokes. So they do not admit it. They just say something like, · “I need something to soothe my nerves,” or · “It helps me think better,” or · “I need to unwind.” Well, it all sounds well and good, but what they don't understand is what they are really saying is they cannot function well by themselves. They are actually admitting that their brains are incapable of carrying out those routine activities any more without the help of an external agency. Personally I think it is much better to admit that they are simply addicted to smoking. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. There is no need to feel inferior. Again take a look at the statistics and see all those people who have become addicted to smoking. But unlike those people you are going to do something about it. Tobacco is like a colossal octopus. Once it gets its grip around you, then you are done for. It swiftly tightens its tentacles around you and before you know it, you are fully and completely in its grip and you cannot even breathe without its permission. You and only you can save yourself. That is why the first thing you have to do is you have to take a look at yourself in the mirror. Look at yourself for a minute and face the truth. Let it sink in slowly and maybe painfully. Notice the tentacles of the octopus around you. Then you can admit to yourself that you have indeed become a slave to the master that is tobacco. Not a nice thought, is it? You, with all your remarkable faculties, abilities and potential have actually become a slave to something so devastating to your health. You, who have never bowed your head before any one have actually been swallowed by this gruesome monster. The thought is going to be infuriating. But you have to face it. Only then can you muster up enough strength to fight back and quit smoking today!. |