How to Get Freedom from Smoking??

Ever wanted to quit this habit.It takes a complete overhaul of your thought processes to convince yourself that you don't need that next cigarette.This article will introduce you to a program that will effectively teach you how to kick the habit for good.

Here are 12 techniques that will help you quit the habit....


1. Deep Breathing:

• Perhaps The Single Most Powerful And Important Technique: Every time you want a cigarette, do the following. Do it three times.

• Inhale deeply then, very slowly, exhale. Purse your lips so that the air must come out slowly. As you exhale, close your eyes, and let your chin gradually sink over onto your chest. Visualize all the tension leaving your body, slowly draining out of your fingers and toes, just flowing on out.

• If you practice this, you'll be able to use it for any future stressful situation you find yourself in. And it will be your greatest weapon during the strong cravings sure to assault you over the first few days.

2. Taking In Fluids:

• The first few days, drink LOTS of water and fluids to help flush out the nicotine and other poisons from your body.

3. Stay Away From Alcohol and reduce Sugar And Coffee intake:

• Do your very best to stay away from alcohol, sugar and coffee the first week or longer, as these tend to stimulate the desire for a cigarette.

• Avoid fatty foods, as your metabolism will slow down a bit without the nicotine, and you may gain weight even if you eat the same amount as before quitting.

• Nibble on low calorie foods like celery, apples and carrots. Chew gum or suck on cinnamon sticks.

• Stretch out your meals; eat slowly and wait a bit between bites.

• After dinner, instead of a cigarette, treat yourself to a cup of mint tea or a peppermint candy.
• So discipline about diet is extra important now.

4. Taking An Oral Substitute

• One can use cinnamon sticks, chewing gum or artificial cigarettes as a substitute. You will mostly find that after the first week of being a non smoker, you wouldn’t even need these.

• In one study, about 25% of quitters found that an oral substitute was invaluable. Another 25% didn't like the idea at all - they wanted a clean break with cigarettes. The rest weren't certain.

5. Exercise Man!! Exercise!!

• Go to a gym, sit in the steam, exercise. Change your normal routine – take time to walk or even jog around the block or in the local park.

6.Pamper Yourself

• Go ahead and join a yoga class or maybe reiki – they're great! Get a one hour massage, take a long bath - pamper yourself. Get yourself involved in a hobby.

7. Ask For Support

• Ask for support from co-workers, friends and family members. Ask for their tolerance. Let them know you're quitting, and that you might be edgy or grumpy for a few days. If you don't ask for support, you certainly won't get any. If you do, you'll be surprised how much it can help. Try it and see...take a chance at least.
  

• Ask friends and family members not to smoke in your presence. Don't be afraid to ask. This is more important than you may realize.

8.Write It Down:

• Write down ten good things about being a nonsmoker - and then write out ten bad things about smoking. Do it. It really helps.

9. Destroy All Your Cigarettes:

• On your quit day, hide all ashtrays and destroy all your cigarettes, preferably with water, so no part of them is smokeable.They have so many cancerous substances.
  

11. Affirm Yourself

• Several times a day, quietly repeat to yourself the affirmation, "I am a nonsmoker." Many quitters see themselves as smokers who are just not smoking for the moment. They have a self-image as smokers who still want a cigarette.

• Silently repeating the affirmation "I am a nonsmoker" will help you change your view of yourself, and, even if it may seem silly to you, this is actually useful. Use it!

12. Holding Out

• In Phase 2, the period which begins a few weeks after quitting, the urges to smoke will subside considerably.

• However, it's vital to understand that from time to time, you will still be suddenly overwhelmed with a desire for "just one cigarette." This will happen , during moments of stress, whether negative stress or positive. If you are unprepared to resist, succumbing to that "one cigarette" will lead you directly back to smoking.

• Remember the following secret: these surprise attacks - and they will definitely come - do your deep breathing, and hold on for five minutes, and the urge will pass.

In conclusion

• You can really come over it, you are not a slave of cigarrete or any addiction for that matter and you will have extra money to spend on things other than cigarettes;-)

• So get the information and support you need to make the stopping process a little easier. Seek the help of family and friends, and most important decide you want to do it and visualize yourself as a non-smoker.

Remember that the urge to smoke only lasts a few minutes, and will then pass. The urges gradually become farther and farther apart as the days go by.

Good Luck.....!!!!