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Smoking – Preparing To Stop
Having cleared in your mind the many reasons for giving
up smoking the next step is preparing yourself for the day
when you become a non-smoker.
- Set The Day: Mark your day with a red pen on a calender.
This focuses your intention. Remind yourself of the date
regularly. Choose a day when you unlikely to be stressed
and can have time to yourself.
- Stop With A Friend Or Relative: convince another smoker
to give up with you. Stop on the same day and support
each other regularly – ring each other daily. Discuss
how you feel and those things which will make giving up
easier.
- The Night Before: smoke your last cigarette before retiring
for the night. As you do so remind yourself of all your
reasons for giving up. Think of how much healthier you
will be, how much more attractive, how much richer. Throw
away your ashtrays, lighters, packets of cigarettes –
they’re history now. Time for the new you.
- Collect: old dog ends in a jar and seal the lid. You
will use this in the future to further remind yourself
of the disgusting habit you have successfully given up.
- Compile A Smoker’s Diary: find a notebook and
label it “My Log Of Non-Smoking Success”.
You will use this to keep a history of your giving up.
- Cash Jar: take a jar and on it stick a label with the
words “Cash Not Ash”. Each time you put money
into this jar you have been saved from buying cigarettes
and smoking accessories. Beware: you might be shocked
how quickly you fill the jar up.
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