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10 Powerful
Hints to Stop Smoking
Whether you are using Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Hypnosis
or just Cold Turkey, these strategies and hints for aiding you
in stopping smoking are sure to help.
It is up to you to ensure that you do these things, but the
more effort you put into these exercises, the more you will
get out of them.
Powerful Hint 1
Being a smoker is like cycling with training wheels. You can
find it hard to feel balanced without smoking. Now, when you
cycle freely again, the natural balance returns.
When people smoke, more than half of what they breathe is
fresh air - pulled through the cigarette right down into the
lungs. So if you feel any cravings you can instantly overcome
them by taking three deeper breaths.
Imagine breathing from that space just below your belly
button. Whenever you do this you put more oxygen into your
bloodstream. This means you can use deep breaths to change the
way you feel instantly, giving you power over the way you feel
and helping you let go of those old cravings and thus making
it easier to stop smoking.
Powerful Hint 2
Next, think now of all the reasons you don't like smoking, the
reasons that it's bad and the reasons you want to stop
smoking. Write down the key words on a piece of paper. For
example, you experience breathlessness, it's dirty, filthy and
your clothes smell, your friends and family are concerned and
it's expensive, unsociable and so on. Then, on the other side
of the paper, write down all the reasons why you'll feel good
when you've succeeded in stopping. You'll feel healthier,
you’ll feel in control of yourself, your senses are enhanced;
your hair and clothes will smell fresher and so on.
Next, pin the piece of paper to your fridge, or over your desk
at work. Use this as ammunition when the cravings start to
gnaw at you.
Powerful Hint 3
Next, we are going to program your mind to feel disgusted by
cigarettes. I want you recall 4 times when you thought to
yourself "I've got to quit", or that you felt disgusted about
smoking. Maybe you just felt really unhealthy, or your doctor
told you in a particular tone of voice 'You've got to quit' or
somebody you know was badly affected by smoking.
Continue reading this article.
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