What it Takes to Quit Smoking

When you want to get better at something – you practice, practice, practice. This is true about both the addiction and the secret of breaking the habit. The double-edged sword can cut both ways.

- For smoking it is really hard to find a substitute for! Some suggestions have included
- Pipes
- Just having them and carrying them around (not smoking it)
- Pills, mints and gum
- Cutting them in half and discarding them (every time you want/crave one)
- Just having three with you and rationing yourself
- Placing bets on how long you can go without one or rewarding success with a cigarette or something you really wanted! Killing two birds with one stone so to speak. Yes, we do some crazy things, but they never really work.

Breaking the habit of smoking can be an insurmountable task at hand for most of us. It is demanding and utterly hard to really quit and butt out permanently. Beating this habit will be hard work.

It is a deliberate and overpowering habit. You have to find a good habit to substitute for smoking or you will not be successful at sticking to your guns and quitting successfully. That is the key.

Smoking is very much part of our day and routines, so it is about MORE than just NOT smoking, it is about NOT doing a whole lot of other stuff to and this is where most have a bigger challenge on their hands. Changing behavior takes time, effort and discipline. It does not happen overnight.

Without smoking in and around your life, you will experience sudden loss, meaningless emptiness, where this once was filled with smoking.

You subconsciously let is, allowed it in and now it is just GONE! This gaping hole in your life, routines, day will throw you off balance a bit and it does get the better of most, for they do not realize there are these layers and dimensions to the problem, addiction and bad habits . It is about so much more than just NOT smoking the cigarettes!

Smoking becomes a second nature habit, deeply entrenched in your life and will cost effort to get it out of there, by and to the root! You need to find something else to relax and reward you (like you are doing with the smoking habit in your life). This can be demanding a task! For some IMPOSSIBLE!

You need to use your willpower and conscious decision-making TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES! That is what will get you to quit smoking permanently, effectively and quickly.
But willpower is not enough, and the next post will go further into what else you need to stop smoking.

Tags: Painless Way to Quit Smoking series, Stop Smoking Tips