I saw somebody who has managed to quit smoking, it took a lot of determination and will power, there were many periods where he was seemingly desperate and had mad cravings for just one last cigarette, however he was able somehow to resist. In this article, I will be giving some advice about how he managed to successfully stop this nasty and unhealthy habit, advice which I hope will help other people to also quit.
He had tried many times to stop smoking cigarettes and had always failed after only a few days. What he needed to do, was to try to work out why these previous attempts had failed, and to hopefully learn from his mistakes. In his new quest to stop smoking, he would need to have a whole new approach from any that he have had in the past, an approach which may result in success rather than the normal failure.
He decided that he would only try again to stop smoking, when my life was in what he classed as a good period. He is the kind of person who easily becomes stressed and can make the slightest problem seem like the biggest disaster. When he feels that things are not going well in my life, cigarettes become like my friend. At least he has something to look forward to doing in that day, smoking. When he was doing well and was happy, he has far less of a need to smoke, therefore this will be the type of period, when he will start yet again to quit the fags.
When attempting to stop smoking in the past, he has always told everybody. This is a big mistake, as to quit, it is important that you stop thinking about cigarettes completely. When you are constantly being asked about how you are finding giving up the cigarettes, it is like a constant reminder to you. By going about it in a quiet way, maybe only telling your closest family members and friends, makes it a lot easier.
As well as quitting smoking, he also decided to seriously reduce my intake of alcohol. When he had failed in the past, it was normally because he had been drunk and could no longer bat away the voices in his head that were telling him to smoke. The alcohol weakened his resolve and increased the amount and severity of the cravings. It was important therefore to massively reduce the amount of alcohol that he was drinking.
Another reason why he had failed in his previous attempts to quit smoking, was possibly due to spending too much time with other people who smoked. He decided that in this new quest, he would attempt to stay away from other smokers as much as he could. This was not that easy, as quite a lot of my friends his smokers. He had to be determined and make sacrifices. What he is attempting to do could have a very positive effect on his life, he therefore has to have the courage to do everything in his power that I think will help to lead to a successful conclusion.
I hope this article acts as an inspiration for other people to stop smoking.
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