How To Prepare To Quit Smoking
Before you quit smoking, you have to be mentally ready. It is meaningless to start the smoking cessation, if you are not ready for it.
One thing is the mentally part; another is the nicotine withdrawal symptoms. So it might be a good idea to prepare yourself for this part as well.
If you are like most people, willpower alone will not do it. You will probably need a little help. Today there is a lot of products, there will remove the worst withdrawal symptoms (e.g. Nicotinell and Nicorette).
Nicotine plaster and nicotine chewing gum are the two most popular nicotine products. Other options are nicotine inhaler, nicotine nasal spray and nicotine tablets.
When you smoke, it is probably often more a matter of habit than a desire. So do you really want that cigarette at the bus stop or after lunch? Or has it just become a really bad habit?
Look critically at your smoking situations. Then you will be able to reduce your cigarette consumption significantly. This way you can take deliberated choice, when you decide to light a cigarette.
What do you dream about? Can you afford it? If not, you might if you can spend your money there instead of on cigarettes.
A good way to keep the motivation is to reward yourself (or your family), when you haven’t smoked for a week, a month, a year etc. It will give you the necessary motivation, if you are about to quit the project.
A good way to make the reward present is piggy bank. Every day without smoking you put the amount you normally would have used for cigarettes in the quit smoking piggy bank. Then you can see how much money you save. And after a few month there is probably enough for a nice vacation.
Before you get started with your smoking cessation, it might be a good idea to write your thoughts down. Why would you stop, what do you think will be the hardest part etc.
When the crisis comes (and it probably will sooner or later), you can read to what you’ve written to get a little encouragement and new motivation. You can also write a quit smoking diary, where you confidentially can write about your ups and downs.
Martin Elmer is the editor of Rygestop dag for dag. Here you can also read about Hypnose rygestop.