Your Last Cigarette
Have you ever paid attention to your actions? What are the moments when you just can’t cope without smoking? Research, performed in different countries, gave the same result: usually the cigarette is necessary to a smoker after experienced stress, or when a person has nothing to do and smoking becomes a way to kill time, and health in addition. I bet that the reason of your smoking habit was just mentioned. However, the non-smokers get stressed or bored too. Why don’t they need a cigarette? Of course, you can say that nonsmokers have nothing to compare with, but what about people who gave up smoking?The answer is simple: it is all about the habit. Smoking is usually called "a bad habit", but in the international statistical classification of diseases smoking is named "the nicotine dependence syndrome". From the medical point of view, you are sick. Your problem is not just of chemical, but also of the psychological origin. That is why, if you made up your mind to quit smoking, the psychological methods of treatment, like hypnoses, reflex therapy (visits to reflexologists), visits to psychologist or self-perfection, will be helpful.This article is to help people, who chose the most difficult, but most available way to quit smoking - the way of self-perfection. Statistics shows that only 17 percents of tobacco dependent people can stop smoking following this method. And only in case if the dependence is of low degree. To give up smoking you need only two things: exact motivation and ability to distract your attention.MotivationFirst of all, if you have decided to quit smoking, it is important for you to understand that the cigarette, you had just smoked was the last one. That is it! Enough! Don’t try to reach for the cigarette pack complaining that no one warned you how hard it is going to be! Knowing that this cigarette is your last, don’t memorize every moment of the smoking processes; there are so many good things that can take place in your mind instead of the picture of stinky stick! Cigarette is evil. And having smoked your last cigarette try to realize that there will be less evil in your life.Think about it when the pack of cigarettes won't be in your pocket, but in the dump. Your last smoke is the first step to healthy life, but it can be done only once, performing this process twice or more leads nowhere.It will be a mistake to set as a goal the pure result itself. Proving yourself that you don’t depend on nicotine is just a dare, not a conscious choice. And, in a months, you will celebrate your victory over nicotine addiction.The best motivation is own health. Statistic shows that the highest percent of persons who gave up smoking is among people that passed through serious operations. All the rest are still thinking that there is no sense to quit smoking because perfect health will stay forever.Ability to Distract Your AttentionWhile you were smoking the psychodynamic stereotype was memorized by you. According to it your hand is ready to reach for the cigarette any time you have experienced emotional pressure. It is hard to say what is necessary for you organism: the dose of nicotine, or usual ritual. But people who gave up smoking forever mention the ritual as the main reason of dependence. So the way out is to find something to replace the usual action of smoking: like beads or cell phone games. It is useful to talk to people who had already quit smoking. Watching at the actions of ex-smokers, you will realize that a cigarette can be successfully replaced by something else. Meeting a person that quit smoking is also a dare: "if he can, means I can, because I’m not weaker than he is?" if you can’t find such a person between your friends try to use Internet and stop smoking support groups.Besides everything that was told, I need to warn you, that to quit smoking is a hard task. Your organism will provoke stress situations itself to activate the first part of the algorithm, expecting you to finish it by a cigarette. This normal reaction has to be overcome. However, this is the stage there 83 percents of people give up. This is the time to remember that all the cigarettes of the world are not for you now!And in conclusion. I know that while reading the article thoughts about smoking came up on your mind. Remember the words that were told before: getting back to the beginning of the way will get you nowhere. If you want to quit smoking without help of psychologist or hypnoses therapy, show your will-power right now by throwing away the last cigarette pack, your last pack.
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This article is dedicated to those who decided to quit smoking once and for all, and now are looking for ways to stop smoking. Here is the original program, that will show you how, following a few steps, you can forget this bad habit and abandon the cigarette.First of all you need motivation. When you stop smoking it is important to know the reason why it has to be done. In this case the result is not a goal. The reason to change your life can be care about the health of your future children, your family, and other people you love, because they become passive smokers, winning the heart of a person that does not approve smoking is a good reason too. You can find thousands of motives to stop smoking. But don't make a test of your will-power a reason of struggle for the health - that usually leads a person to the beginning of the way. This makes your next try twice harder.Next step is to put away all things that remind you about smoking. Hide as far as you can or better get rid of all the ashtrays, lighters, smoking boss... (joking). Don't feel sorry for all this stuff, if you are about to quit smoking they won't be necessary anymore. If there are some things that are really precious to you, presents or something else, give them to your friends for storage. And take them back only when you will be ready for that.People who stopped smoking recommend such a trick as "a last cigarette". Before smoking this symbol of new life, you should rinse your mouth with 0,1 solution of silver. The connection of smoke and silver will give detasteble feeling, and this will protect you from nostalgic mood about the last smoked cigarette.Smoking is mainly a psychological dependence. As soon as you quit smoking a plenty of free time will be at your service. Finally free from the cigarette your hands will not know what to do, so, to prevent the return of old habit you should find them another business. Try a hand trainer, beads of cell phone games. By the way, British scientists found out that the popularity of cell phone games has decreased the quantity of smokers. Researches showed that the game is a way to fight the stress; it is more effective and does no harm to health.Not only your hands, but also your mouth will have to find a new occupation, when the cigarette is gone. Make a store of gums, even tobacco replacing once. However, a better idea is to use natural (herbal) smoking cessation products like Nicocure.People that stopped smoking always mention that during first months they felt bad: dizziness, vomiting and total weakness are natural parts of the nicotine withdrawal process. These are the signs of recovery. These symptoms will disappear with the first smoked cigarette, so as the chances to be free from bad habit. Do not give up! Use any kinds of products for people who quit smoking: nicotine or - better - natural plasters, pills, gums, patches, anything, just don't smoke!So, you've made it, several days without a smoke, but smokers around remind you about the old desire. It is no use to tell how to fight the temptation, the best way is to avoid it.People, who had passed this way to the end often tell that situations, usually accompanied by smoking, such as stress, parties with smoking friends, were the hardest to cope with. Many people had never passed this barrier. Psychologists explain this as a stereotype of behavior, which stays in the memory of a smoker. In order to fight it link up your imagination. Can you see yourself as a nonsmoking person between smoking friends? Now attune yourself. Change your memories, replace a picture of you "smoker" on you "healthy person". Use the ability to control your desires and emotions given to humans.In conclusion, I'll remind you what I've mentioned earlier, it is all about reasons and goals. If you stopped smoking and you don't want to go back, remember that the desirable goal is reached, now you receive from life much more then you had before. Be glad, be happy, using your new abilities, and this emotions will help you to keep on going as far as possible from old bad habit. Visit their website at: http://www.stop-smoke.org
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