Permanently Stop Smoking

Do you need to permanently stop smoking? There's a few ways to stop completely.
There are a few rules to follow which can also help ensure you get a better chance of
permanent success.
First off, to permanently stop smoking, you need to set up a few rules for yourself.
For example, one rule is that you might not want to hang around certain friends or
groups of people like you used to...I know whenever I quit smoking in the past, and it
was a few times, I would eventually start smoking again when I saw a friend smoking
and I'd ask him for a cigarette.

In addition, certain places or even weather can trigger you to start smoking again.
This is something to beware of...If you're aware of these things, then you can handle a
craving by changing your focus and getting your mind off the present trigger.
There are many triggers that can sabotage you and prevent you from permanently stop
smoking if you're not fully aware of your present withdrawal from nicotine.
Another thing you might consider is to decide why you are quitting smoking. Some
smokers will simply quit because a spouse wants them too. Or they quit to please
some other person who requested they quit. This motive may work for a while, but
your chances of quitting permanently are not that great.
You must have strong personal reasons for quitting smoking. Someone said to me
once "if you love yourself enough, then you won't continue smoking". I thought that
was a very interesting way of seeing the situation and it really made sense to me.
That was one of the experiences that helped me decide to quit smoking permanently. I
decided that I needed to start loving myself and my body enough to stop smoking
permanently.
It may be something different for you. Just make sure that you have strong personal
convictions for quitting. It may be that you've decided you want to live a long life and
be there for your kids. In this case, it would be your own decision to quit smoking for
your kids. Your kids didn't ask you to quit. You, yourself, made the decision. This is
the crucial difference, which can determine whether or not you permanently stop
smoking. It's similar to other drug addictions in which the afflicted person has to
WANT to quit him/herself.
There are also drugs on the market, which can ease withdrawals from nicotine and
help you quit smoking.
So if you want to permanently stop smoking, have your personal reasons and possibly
use a quit smoking aide to ease the process.
Sam Ames teaches on the college level and submits articles to various publications.