How Do You Stop Smoking?
The Hard Question
Most smokers have asked the question: “How do you quit smoking?” For some it is a passing fancy and not given too much thought. For some it is a serious contemplation. This is an important distinction. If you want to quit, you really have to want to quit. There should be no half measures if you are seriously thinking about beating the habit of cigarette smoking. So the answer to the question, how do you quit smoking? Is that you must have a focussed and determined approach if you want to succeed. The correct mind set is half the battle.
Reasons to Quit
It all sounds so simple, doesn’t it? You want to succeed so you will succeed. I’m starting to sound like a third rate motivational speaker. If determination was all that was required to quit smoking then the tobacco companies would have ceased trading many years ago. You need a plan. Think hard about why you want to quit. For many it will be for health reasons. The hazards of smoking are well known and the damage caused by smoking affects every organ in the body. This probably remains the best reason for quitting cigarette smoking, but it is not the only one. Smoking is a financial burden that few can afford these days. And even if you can afford to smoke isn’t there better ways to spend your hard earned cash? Here is a useful exercise: work out how much you spend in a week on cigarettes then calculate how long, in that week, you have to work to fund your habit. Other reasons could be social isolation and inconvenience. Or it could be that you would like to improve your overall appearance. Smoking makes you pale and sallow and leaves unsightly stains on fingers and teeth. Read the rest of this entry »
Quit Smoking Help – How to Really Stop Smoking This Time
If you are looking for quit smoking help so you can really quit smoking this time, then this article is for you. First we’ll look at the number one reason people have for wanting to stop smoking and why it is not good enough, then we will look at your bodies rebellion when you start the process of quitting smoking, and finally we’ll look at some ideas that will help you get through it all and achieve your goal.
Reasons to Quit Smoking
There are many good reasons to quit smoking and the big one is that smoking will lead to various illnesses and your premature death. Since these things are off in the future these reasons don’t work for most people. I’ve seen smoking victims hooked up to oxygen, saying they want to quit but having accepted their condition, believing it to be irreversible, and still sneaking smokes. The thing is you have to find the reasons that are right for you. You have to take those potential illnesses and while you are healthy see them in place now chaining you to your bed, see yourself choking for air and not being able to get out and do the things you love doing. Is it really worth giving up all of the things you love doing for a smoke? Failure to bring this reason into the now, failure to make it up close and personal is the biggest reason people fail when using health reasons as motivation for quitting smoking. Read the rest of this entry »
How to Stop Smoking Cannabis – Understand Your Addiction
Cannabis also known as marijuana, weed, pot or a thousand other names this drug seems to have can be highly addictive to some people who struggle to stop smoking cannabis. How to stop smoking cannabis in this situation relies on an understanding of marijuana and its effects on your mind and body. Only then will you be able to feel the benefits of quitting smoking cannabis and be able to stay off weed and not relapse into your addiction.
Firstly we must understand there are some misconceptions about cannabis addiction that lead to people trying to quite smoking pot in the wrong way and can also lead to pro-marijuana users ridiculing the idea of addiction which is unhelpful to everyone involved.
Cannabis is not physically addictive
Many studies have shown that smoking marijuana is not like smoking cigarettes where the chemicals (nicotine) make you physically dependant on the drugs and when starved of it you suffer cravings that drive you to smoke again to be free of the effects. This does not mean stopping smoking cannabis does not come with its set of cravings but they are generally of a different kind. Read the rest of this entry »