How to Stop Smoking

How to stop smoking? Have you been asking yourself that question? That's a good sign. It's the vital first step to doing something about your cigarette addiction. Read on to find some answers.

I've been there, I know where you're coming from; the stink of stale tobacco in clothes and hair that never goes away; the way people recoil from your sour breath when you get close to them.

The visits to the drugstore to buy breath mints and mouth wash that just add to the rancid reek of stale smoke. The gnawing fear at the damage you're doing to your body.

And the panic that gnaws when you see only a few sticks left in the pack. That's the worst. It's raining. Heck, I need the exercise. I wouldn't go out for milk or bread. Those could wait until tomorrow. But this is different. Dig into the wallet for much-needed money. To feed the monster.

Walking home, maybe you wonder for a moment why you're paying through the nose to destroy your entire body and smell like an ashtray in the process. But then you light up and waw, there's the fix. That makes it all worthwhile. Until 20 minutes later when the craving comes back to gnaw at you. And you light up again and the flood of relief comes again. And for a moment you're at peace with the world, again.

But I'll let you in on a secret. If you're not a slave to nicotine that's how you always feel. You don't need that fix. You don't need to pay through the nose to destroy yourself. You're free to live and breath fresh air. You're not hooked.

You CAN get your life back and it's easier than you think. I used to think I was a real addict, a smoker born and bred. Other people could quit but smoking was part of my genetic code. I was born to smoke. But I decided to stop one day.

It was a frightening decision. Just the thought of not smoking and my hand reached for the pack reassuringly full of white sticks with the yellow tips.

But one day I'd finally had enough of the constant foul mouth and the stink in my apartment. I was fed up of going out for a guilty drag as more and more buildings became smoke-free. And I was tired of blocking out of my mind the terrible things I knew smoking was doing to my body. And I asked myself how to stop smoking.

You can quit tobacco too.

But you say "I've been at it too long, it's in my blood." Poppycock. I smoked for 20 years, quit and never looked back.

"Cigarettes are a part of my life now", you protest. "Smoking is like second nature to me". Nonsense. Smoking is an aberration. Puff a blast in your pet dog or cat's face and see how nature reacts.

"But I'll put on weight!", you lament. You don't have to. The same triggers that push you to the cigarette pack make you reach for the candy for a quick fix. Once you recognize them, you'll be ready to handle and control them.

"But what about how good that cigarette tastes after a meal?". You know, after a few weeks you don't give it a second thought.

You just look out of the restaurant windows at the nicotine slaves puffing away outside, averting their eyes and making wisecracks to each other to ease their embarrassment. And you feel just great, in control and free.

You can be free from nicotine

Right now, giving up smoking may seem to be the hardest think in the world. But read through these pages and I promise a change in your thinking will take place subtly and surely.

One thing to realize is that the main factor in giving up smoking is more mental than physical. If you get into the right mindset, you will be in charge of your body, not its slave. That's why therapies such as quit smoking hypnosis are vital to your success.

Here are the sections:

• See how you got addicted and the cunning way the nicotine monster works on many levels - mental physical and social.
• Then we'll look at the importance of getting into the right mindset for quitting. This is essential. Once your mind if set you can drive through the hard times though they'll be much easier than you think.
• Then we'll consider some strategies to handle to big day.
• Finally, we'll view the long term perils and some tactics to ensure your freedom is permanent

To learn how to stop smoking, you need to rediscover how you got hooked in the first place. Start here: The Path To Tobacco Addiction