Recipe to stop smoking
Stop smoking! Yes, it is easy to say and difficult to achieve. There are many reasons to stop smoking: from the economic cost to the health of themselves and others, especially the children of the house. For all this, we share this recipe to quit smoking porque requires effort and a lot of willpower on the part of those who stop smoking, but also a lot of support from those who are at their side, especially their family.
And, as we know, if you want to stop smoking, arm yourself with strength of will and rely on these good advice. So, for example, you will prevent your children from smoking. These are the steps that must be followed.
How to stop smoking
A) Before quitting smoking
- It's good communicate the decision and the date chosen to stop smoking to family, friends and co-workers
- To be well aware of the true desire to stop smoking, reflect and write on a paper the motives for those who smoke and the reasons why you want to stop doing it
- For a few days, record all the cigarettes you smoke and under what circumstances, thinking about ways to face those moments without tobacco
- Put into practice exercises of disavowal of smoking behaviorFor example, start by not smoking whenever you feel like or in the places or situations where you always do.
- Difficult to smoke: make it a little more difficult to smoke: go without cigarettes or lighter to the street, do not accept that nobody lends them, etc.
- do exercise
- Practice relaxation techniques
- Calculate the money you spend on tobacco and think that you will save it: it will be an extra incentive
B) The chosen day to quit smoking
- The night before the chosen date, throw all the cigarettes let them stay at home You will avoid the temptation to return to them
- Hide ashtrays and lighters: Do as if your house had never existed
- Improve your lifestyle: take up some sport or physical activity
- Remember it every day: "I will not smoke"
- Review the reasons why you have decided to stop smoking and be firm
- Can chewing gum no sugar or having objects in your hands to fight nerves
- Take care of your diet, eating five times a day but avoid filling the stomach too much
- Avoid the ingestion of coffee and alcohol during the first days. Change them for natural juices, vegetables, fruits and wholemeal bread, and avoid snacking, especially nuts and sweets
C) After quitting smoking
- Verbalize the benefits obtained so far
When you have a very strong desire to smoke:
- think about something else
- remember the reasons why you want to stop doing it
-r exhale deeply three times in a row
- Take something low in calories
- drink one or two glasses of water
In terms of food and lifestyle
- Take relaxing infusions and avoid coffee and drinks with caffeine
- Follow a diet rich in fiber
- Drink a lot of water
- Avoid drinks with alcohol
- If you experience insomnia, increase the hours of sleep and rest
- Avoid taking refined sugars (pastry) and high-calorie foods
- Do exercise
- Try to connect with family members who do not smoke
Also exist pharmacological treatments of help, and you can go to your doctor to get treatment. The most important: conviction and willpower. It will not be easy, but you can do it.
Angela R. Bonachera
