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How cigarettes work?
Cigarettes cause addiction to nicotine. The more
cigarettes you need in the morning, the more addicted you are.
Smoking is also a habbit. It is a great thing
to stop work for a short while and devote five minutes to yourself. It
may also be related to stress control (an issue I am not addressing here:
if you are having serious problems with stress and probably fear of certain
situations, don't be afraid to consult a psychoanalyst - that is what I
do and it helps a lot).
What is a bad approach?
It is wrong to feel quilty and to concentrate
on the bad parts of smoking. Don't do that.
But also, do not drink any coffee instead of your
cigarette. What helps is to eat three proper meals a day and to drink a
glass of water whenever you feel like smoking non-scheduled.
How to quit (within, let's say, 6 months):
First, simply count up how many cigarettes you
smoke a day - let's say it is a packet, that is 20 pieces.
You will have to do the following:
Time |
Amount |
Daily schedule |
First month - set a "real"
starting date, like the first day of the next month, so that you will less
be tempted to postpone. |
2 packets in 3 days - a
33% decrease from your original level. |
Smoke one cigarette hourly
- since you probably sleep for 8 hours, that is about 15 pieces, around
the desired amount. It is not too tough, you will see! |
Second month |
1 packet in 2 days - a 50%
decrease from the starting point but only a 25% from the first month. |
Smoke a cigarette in two
hours. It is going to be as easy as it was the previous month. |
Third month |
1 packet in three days |
7 cigarettes a day - early
morning, morning, lunch, afternoon, evening, later at night. |
Fourth month |
1 packet in five days |
Four cigarettes a day -
morning, lunch, afternoon, evening. |
Fifth month |
1 packet in a week |
Three cigarettes daily -
early morning, lunch, evening. |
Sixth month |
2 pieces a day, but you
will probably be able to stop now. |
Lunch, evening. |
Well, this is it. Simple, huh? There are, of course,
drawbacks as well: you will go partying with your friends, who will smoke...
You will need to keep doing this program for a long time... and so on...
Click
here to get the Excel document to help you keep track of your progress
and schedule.
Never ever feel guilty if you fail! There
is a lot of intolerance in non-smokers, no matter how much you try to care
for them. But still, the truth is is fuzzier than the commonly accepted.
And two hundred years from now caffeine will be on the actual hate-list.
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