Don’t Quit Smoking! Immediately Part III

The Ultimate Stage – Staying off

Hey, are you still with me?? Good. You have made it.

The changes you feel:

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1) Strengthen your resolve First of all, I thank and congratulate you on having come so far with me. It shows that there is hope for you yet . You have already proved that you can take tough talk and are determined to go through with it. That’s the first step.Next, Analyze your smoking pattern, How many in a day? How often? When do you really have the urge (usually on waking up, after meals or generally after consuming anything orally)? When do you smoke maximum (with friends, alone, with drinks, under stress etc)

Number three, list down your reasons for a) smoking, and b) wanting to quit. I am a big advocate of putting things down on paper. It shows a commitment.Number four, take someone into confidence. A friend, a family member, a medical worker or, best of all, a sympathetic ex-smoker.

Also, this is a very good time to begin some aerobic exercises or better still Yoga. Sounds funny, huh? But the truth is, the worst times to control are the ones when you are by yourself. When you are with others, you can stay off. There are enough excuses as well as your pride to keep you off. But alone is the testing time.

2) Back to basics Now let’s revert to the point A) above. I was less than generous when I said definitely that these things won’t work. These things do help, specially reducing consumption. Every cigarette less means approximately 5 minutes more to live. Also, it helps to strengthen your resolve, which is the first step.You see, archaic though it sounds, Will is a sure shot solution. So, unless you strengthen it, you will most likely fail. Why? – Remember that I said ‘Will’ and NOT ‘Will Power’ – They are different, ‘Will Power’ implies a struggle, where as using your ‘Will’, implies that it’s going to be easy.Let me explain:Do you need will power to smoke? NO Do you need will power to eat your favorite Ice-cream? NO Now to do one of the two above activities, is easy because it is your ‘Will’ and NOT ‘Will Power’.

The steps in the “won’t work” topic are generally the excuses that frequent relapsers offer. But they are helpful in their own way.What is important is not only the steps leading up to it, but maintaining the tempo once you have reached the crucial stage of ZERO cigarettes a day.3) Penultimate stage – Quitting it By the time you have worked on stages 1 and 2 above, you would be feeling strong enough to risk quitting it. As the experts suggest, you should decide on a date. NOT like a ‘new year’s resolution’ – More like a new Quit Smoking Revolution! You’re the leader of the campaign and then just go for it!

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