Help To Quit Smoking - Getting Motivation To Quit Again - Part One

by Thomas Leroy

Do you want to stop smoking ? Then you need help. First is you can get is from yourself, and that's what we call motivation.

Trying to quit and giving up, trying to quit again and giving up again doesn't mean you can not get motivated. Oh yes, I’ve been there myself. Sometimes a sad news like a friend just die from cigarrettes side effects wake the motivation up inside ourself. Sometimes, you get a bit ill and find it is so hard to recover from a simple cold, compared to how you were resistant in the past. Repeatedly getting bronchitis and allergies make us thinking long and hard. Even so, if stopping smoking is not something we really want to undertake, then what are the chances we’ll succeed ?

Would you like to do an exercise ? Take a sheet of paper and a pen, or open a word processing document window. Minimize -don't close !) this current window and do this. It's not a hard exercise, still you should really do it to start building your stop smoking plan.

There are some positive and negative reasons why you want to quit. Why do you want to stop smoking?

Start with the negative reasons, the pressure ones that bug you, for example "People say smell of smoke is annoying". Perhaps they criticize you for smoking, or being singled out when you leave the building to smoke is embarrassing for you. Perhaps not having the hability to recover your breath is annoying. Whatever they are, list all your reasons.

When you're done with the negative motivators, write your positive motivators. How does your non-smoker life looks like ?. Your close ones would certainly be proud of you. Perhaps you don't want your children to inhale some of your smoke anymore. You want yourself to be healthy, you want to be proud of yourself, you want to spare some money, you want to feel more energy. Take a few minutes to make your own list. Keep this list with your list of fears.

You will learn more about getting motivated again, and even learn how to ski.

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