Stop Smoking Drugs

Quitting smoking cold turkey is not easy. Trust me, I’ve been there, and like over 95% of smokers who want to quit, I failed in my first three attempts. But, you can quit smoking within the next 10 minutes with the right information, support system, and personal motivation.

Here are five tricks I used to quit smoking cold turkey:

1. While many smokers choose a gradual approach to smoking cessation and find comfort in using nicotine gum and patches, these methods would not work for me. The theory behind these methods is that you can retain the nicotine in your system while you learn to live without the physical act of smoking a cigarette. I learned the hard way that the patch and gum just prolonged my addiction to nicotine, making it very easy for me to fall back into the smoking habit. I had to swear off nicotine and cigarettes at the same time.

So, here’s the trick: Stop now, cold turkey, and immediately implement the following tricks in this article.

2. The second trick is to clearly define why you want to quit smoking. You need to reach the point where your motivation to quit smoking exceeds your desire to smoke. Generally, successful quitters can relate to quitting because of health concerns, pressure from family, friends and co-workers, or simply the need to stop spending so much money on a lousy habit.

When you can find and focus on the key reason why you want to stop smoking, you will be half way home.

3. Nicotine is a powerful drug, and for many of us getting this smelly monkey off of our back is next to impossible without help. So for your third trick, I highly encourage you to get the people around you involved. If your spouse is a smoker, ask him or her to join you in quitting, or at least to avoid smoking around you. If your co-workers take frequent smoke breaks, find something else to do-but do not follow them out to the smoking area. In short, the third trick is to ask for help.

4. I used to believe smoking was a way to relieve stress, which turns out to be a myth, since nicotine is a stimulant. The smoking habit creates the illusion of relieving stress because human beings are comforted by engaging in habitual behavior. It’s the act of engaging in the physical act of habit smoking that offers relief, not the nicotine or smoking itself.

So, your fourth, and perhaps the most important, trick is to replace the bad habit of smoking with a good habit-which is what the final trick to quitting smoking cold turkey is all about.

5. To replace the habit of smoking with a more constructive habit, I succeeded in my efforts to quit by taking up exercise and improving my eating habits. Once you accept the idea of leading a healthier lifestyle, you will find the idea of sabotaging your healthy lifestyle by smoking repulsive.

If you really want to beat cigarettes, then all you need is the right information, support, and personal motivation. If you will continually immerse yourself in information about how to stop, and resolve to never quit trying to beat the nicotine habit, you will succeed.

Decide to quit smoking right now. Do it for your health, your friends, family, and your co-workers, and the money you will save.