If you really must quit, as I'm sure you reconsider often, you need the following conditions to make it happen:
1. You're out of cigarettes completely. This means you have checked all possibilities of finding some tobacco, some cigarettes or any form of nicotine in your house. (Beware: This exercise can involve going through hundreds of empty cigarette packs lying in the corner of your room to find that one cigarette.)
2. You have absolutely no money to buy cigarettes. Yes, that means you have no cash, no money in your bank account, and all your credit cards are maxed out. Oh, and you can't borrow either (all your friends are broke).
3. You can't bum a cigarette off of a friend. That may be because you're in a foreign land with no friends, or because all your friends have gone to visit foreign lands. Or worst case scenario - you have lost all your friends. Whatever the case, getting a cigarette (or any form of nicotine) from any friend is just not an option for you.
4. You have a girlfriend or wife or mother or father or brother or sister or daughter or son or a good friend - just ANY loved one who can give you moral support as you whine about your endless nicotine cravings and withdrawal symptoms day and night. (This blog does that work for me - haha!)
5. You are able to become excessively busy with useless or useful activities (it doesn't really matter). That way, you get minimal time to 'miss' smoking. Of course the urges are still there.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ideal Conditions for Quitting Smoking
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Hey, brother, my father was once a heavy smoker and no matter whatever we were angry, upset at him or criticized and protested against his smoking, nothing could change his behavior. The only thing made him quit from smoking is he was serious ill and had a several hours of operation. Although the illness was not caused by smoking but the conditions after the operation has made him have no choice but quit many bad habits. Now he doesn't smoke anymore but still occasionally drinks a little wine.
Quitting any addition to anything unhealthy, unwholesome is a painstakingly struggle if you do concern about it.
These battles' scale can expand to life and death, many often afflict our mentality and become a heavy burden in our mind if you do care these problems, if you really want to quit them, and if you want and expect a better life. This is about smoking, but how about drugs, alcohol or other sick miserable addictions or obsessions physically and psychologically. Try to look the world more deeply and broadly, if you have a faith, know that we always tend to corrupt and we have to "resist" to the end. This makes we strong and know the meaning of our life. Never give up!!
Hewuillian, well, I suppose it's easier if you experience a 'life or death' situation, because it motivates you further. You mentioned drugs and wrt, I'd say that many class C drugs (weed etc) are not biologically addictive the way smoking is. Alcohol addiction takes a lot of drinking, but once you're addicted it's tougher to quit than smoking, even. But yeah, one way or the other, procrastination in terms of quitting an addictive substance should never be encouraged, personally. But of course, this has to be a personal decision and you can't always rely on other people for support - especially since the habit probably formed out of lack of support from other people in the first place. Whatever, the case, thanks for sharing and I wish your father good health! :)
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