The short guide to quitting smoking
A
SHORT SOMETHING
(Whatever you want to call it)
TO STOPPING SMOKING
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1) THE FIRST FEW DAYS
2) AVOIDING TRIGGERS
3) STRESS
4) NEW OR EXISTING HOBBIES
5) WHY AM I BUYING THAT?
6) WATCH WHAT YOU EAT
7) TREAT YOURSELF
8) START SAVING
9) THE INTERNET, AND ITS WONDERFUL GUIDE TO MAKING YOU MISERABLE
10) WHY ARE YOU MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT?
11) THE TITANIC OF IT ALL
12) WAYS TO STOP
13) THAT WHOLE WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN ___YEARS TIME
14) THE TRUTH IS
15) OVER EXAGGERATING AND UNDER EXAGGERATING
16) FAILURE TO LAUNCH?
17) A PLAN YOU SAY? WHY HOW DELIGHTFUL
18) TO DO OR NOT TO DO THAT IS THE QUESTION
Introduction
I never really thought about quitting, I hear stories that people do, and then they start again. Wonderful that isn’t it?
‘’I stopped…..but then I started again.’’ They make it seem like some extremely difficult habit to get out of, that it’s a horrible addiction. Is it? Is it really an addiction or is it what we are made to think? I’m not one for statistics I hated maths as a child; I still do so I will not go on about numbers. But quite a few of us around the world everyday chuck a packet in the bin and some don’t look back, some run straight for the bin after two hours. The point is that it can be easy for some of us and for some of us it can be a nightmare. We hear stories about horrible coughs after the first few weeks, cramps and horrible cravings. I can only tell myself that I thank God each and every single day that I did not get them.
I heard when I was younger that you are more likely to get cancer if you quit smoking. I do not know if that is true and I do not want to. If you can get through the first hour of wondering how you’re going to quit and put the packet in the bin you will be ok. And if you can honestly convince yourself without a full on argument in your head about why you
SHORT SOMETHING
(Whatever you want to call it)
TO STOPPING SMOKING
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1) THE FIRST FEW DAYS
2) AVOIDING TRIGGERS
3) STRESS
4) NEW OR EXISTING HOBBIES
5) WHY AM I BUYING THAT?
6) WATCH WHAT YOU EAT
7) TREAT YOURSELF
8) START SAVING
9) THE INTERNET, AND ITS WONDERFUL GUIDE TO MAKING YOU MISERABLE
10) WHY ARE YOU MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT?
11) THE TITANIC OF IT ALL
12) WAYS TO STOP
13) THAT WHOLE WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN ___YEARS TIME
14) THE TRUTH IS
15) OVER EXAGGERATING AND UNDER EXAGGERATING
16) FAILURE TO LAUNCH?
17) A PLAN YOU SAY? WHY HOW DELIGHTFUL
18) TO DO OR NOT TO DO THAT IS THE QUESTION
Introduction
I never really thought about quitting, I hear stories that people do, and then they start again. Wonderful that isn’t it?
‘’I stopped…..but then I started again.’’ They make it seem like some extremely difficult habit to get out of, that it’s a horrible addiction. Is it? Is it really an addiction or is it what we are made to think? I’m not one for statistics I hated maths as a child; I still do so I will not go on about numbers. But quite a few of us around the world everyday chuck a packet in the bin and some don’t look back, some run straight for the bin after two hours. The point is that it can be easy for some of us and for some of us it can be a nightmare. We hear stories about horrible coughs after the first few weeks, cramps and horrible cravings. I can only tell myself that I thank God each and every single day that I did not get them.
I heard when I was younger that you are more likely to get cancer if you quit smoking. I do not know if that is true and I do not want to. If you can get through the first hour of wondering how you’re going to quit and put the packet in the bin you will be ok. And if you can honestly convince yourself without a full on argument in your head about why you