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10 Tips To Help You Sleep Like A Baby When Trying To Quit Smoking

Many things may help quit smoking, but whatever you try, you may feel restless and irritable, which can make it hard to get a good night’s sleep. Here are some helpful hints for getting through these times:

· Fix a bedtime routine and stick to it. When I say stick to it, I mean it. It does not mean from Monday to Friday, and then stay up to all hours on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe once in a month you can have a wild night but if you break this routine every week it is not going to help.

· Go to bed at a decent hour. Sounds like rather antiquated advice, but the wisdom behind it has stood the test of time. Most of us are working people and our work demands that we get to our offices at a certain time each day. That, of course, can often deprive us of those couple of extra winks that we might need and wish for in the mornings.

So what happens is that we end up going to bed later than we should and getting up before we have had a good night’s rest. The only part of this equation that we have the freedom to decide is the time we crawl into bed.

So the ideal condition would be to go to bed by 10 or 11. If your wake-up time is 8 in the morning, this can be extended up to 12 or even 1 in the morning.

In any case, let your wake-up time decide your bedtime. Work backwards so that, in any case, you give yourself those magic 7 to 8 hours of sleep.

· Don't eat two hours before bed time It is difficult to get a decent sleep with a full stomach. So try to have supper at least two hours before your bed time. And keep supper as light as possible.

· Wash your feet and calves up to the knees in warm water. And also wash your hands and forearms. It really works!

· Gently massage feet and calves, hands and forearms for few minutes preferably with some moisturizer or baby oil

· Diffuse some lavender essential oil in the room 30 minutes before bed time. This will help tremendously.

· No reading in bed, and keep the TV turned off.

· If you are a light sleeper, shut off all disturbances like a loud clock, a dripping faucet, a telephone that might ring or even a creaky bed.

If you wake up and can't go back to sleep: · Have a jar filled with dry rose petals by your bed. When you wake up, inhale the rose scent for minute or two. You'll be back to sleep in no time at all!

· You should really try to avoid sleeping pills if you can. Let nature and your natural body cycles do the job for you. The more you find you need external intervention, the more you can rest assured that your system has been thrown haywire and you are, perhaps, not on a safe track.

The different quit smoking aids may take some of the symptoms away, but nothing beats a restful night's sleep for a great way to help quit smoking.

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