Kick the Smoking Habit and Live a Smoke Free Life

It been said that we are creatures of habit. Even if we know that a certain habit is killing us or is not good for us, we will keep doing it anyway. The fact that you found this article probably means that you have already tried to stop smoking. Are we right or wrong? If you really want to quit smoking stay a while because you can learn how to have success in kicking the habit.

Hannibal Smith Said You Got to Have a Plan

Everyone says to give up smoking is not easy. They always fill your head with smoking becomes a psychological, emotional and a physical addiction and your behavior has been conditioned to follow a routine that is reinforced into a habit. A lot of that is just over the top with language that no one understands.

Let Us Make it Simple

To put it in simple language 4 or 5 days to escape the physical addiction you get a little cranky and foggy. So what just plan for it. This part is really the easy part. The part that is so difficult in escaping the habit, this is all the one thousand and one reasons you reach for a cigarette in the first place. Now if you make yourself a good list of all the one thousand and one reasons you light up. And then make a counter plan of something to just make your mine look at something else for 30 full seconds the urge goes away until the next one comes along.

For me the habit or the reasons to light up still call to me even after 20 years. But so what just think of all the money I saved over the years. My worst craving is on a cold morning out on the ocean still comes back to get me. This one was never understood because the taste was terrible under these conditions or even when I smoked I hated the taste. But the craving was over powering at these times.

The Cold Hard Facts

Everyone likes to beat you over the head with the cold hard facts. So here they are each year 400,000 American people die from cigarette smoking alone, by way of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. Do not forget the second hand smoke. Second hand smoke is the cause of about 3,000 deaths from lung cancer each year. So, we get the blame the smokers for not only are you killing yourself. But you are slowly killing others around you! It really is about time to give your friends and family a brake by stopping the smoking addiction?

Smoking also puts a big whole where your money used to be in your wallet. Part of the plan I used was if I could finally give up the cigarettes I would save the money and buy a boat. In 20 years I have bought 3 boats and 18 ft and a deep sea fishing boat 23 ft and a Flats boat 15 ft both of which I still own and use. So the little trick of using money as a crutch works pretty well.

The years the money and the boat was only a small part of my plan remember each time one of the reasons to reach for a cigarette you must have a programmed plan to counter it. It must be something strong enough to make you think of something else for 30 seconds to escape the urge. With a well thought out plan you can beat the habit. Without knowing what you will do ahead of time you will surely lose the battle every time.

Benefits of Quitting

It is the theme of this article, also another thing that means nothing to a smoker is smell and taste comes back. Your heart rate and blood pressure go back to normal very quickly. The overall health benefits when you think in terms of dollars and cents and the whole in wallet you just cannot be measured.

You owe it to yourself and your friends and family to (Get Er Done) as the cable guy would say. You do have the ability try one of the books or other remedies to help you if you need to but just do it.

Dave Nettles works from home and builds his home business full time. He is the author of http://www.benefitsofgivingupsmoking.com the site offers lots of good information on the benefits and the how to quit.