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Repost:  Rules of Quitting

A post to give you a smile today.....some truth mixed with smiles.
Have a good one!
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Rules of quitting
From Dr.Avery on 5/9/2011 7:31:20 PM

Disclaimer: This post is just for fun, and not meant to be taken too seriously.

In order to successfully drop smoking like a bad habit once and for all, there are certain habits - rules to follow - that tend seem to be instrumental to success.

1. Don't smoke. Don't smoke if something bad happens, don't smoke if something good happens, don't smoke even if nothing is happening. Don't f@cking smoke.

2. For the first week, NyQuil is your best friend. Stay sauced, stay groggy, stay asleep. If you don't feel comfortable misusing an over the counter drug, consider the fact that you've been inhaling a potent combination of known carcinogens for several years now.

3. You don't have to know why you want to smoke to break under the pressure, but you DO have to know why you don't want to smoke if you're going to survive.

4. Smoking was, is, and will always be your decision. No one else can make you smoke. Once you start blaming others for your habit, you are no longer responsible. Once you eliminate your personal responsibility for your addiction, you have made the first step towards relapse.

5. If you can't drink without smoking, quit drinking. If you can't eat without smoking, don't eat. If you can't drive without smoking, quit driving. If you can't enjoy marital relations without smoking, sleep on the couch. Once you are tired of depriving yourself of everything to avoid smoking, you will learn the truth: You *can* do all of these things without smoking.

6. That said, protect your quit. If hanging outside with the smokers is going to be more temptation than you can handle, go inside. Can't go to Vegas without smoking? Postpone your vacation. In a few short months you'll be ready for real life. Take it easy when you can.

7. If you use a gum, patch, pill, lozenge, or other cessation aid, buy extras and carry spares. For example: If you use the lozenge, keep 2 vials in your pants, keep a vial in your room, a vial in your car, and a vial at your desk at work. That way, when you forget to put your lozenges back in your pocket, or if you run out unexpectedly, or if you wear different pants, you always have a backup.

8. It might not yet seem easier not to smoke if you don't smoke today, but it will be almost infinitely harder not to smoke if you do. We are all one puff away from being full time smokers again. It will never be safe to have 'just one'.

9. Start easy and ramp up the difficulty as you go. Visiting your indoor chain-smoking in-laws might have to wait a few months. Sooner or later, you will have to deal with the world on its own terms. Start slowly, and work your way into harder scenarios. You can't live in a cave forever. Eventually the world is going to force you into a worst case scenario. Be prepared.

10. Your old smoking buddies will test your resolve. Constantly. Try to remember that deep down inside, they want to quit and your success is a constant reminder of their own shortcomings. Just don't be a jerk about it. Your confidence in your quit is revenge enough.

11. You eventually have to quit your NRT / prescription. Take your time, but if you're using a cessation aid, that's the next thing you'll have to quit.

12. Learn to take breaks for no reason. Smoking used to be the reason for breaks, but breaks are still important. They keep you from burning out at work, and they keep you thinking effectively.

Repost: Rules of Quitting

A post to give you a smile today.....some truth mixed with smiles.
Have a good one!
Cara
D6617

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Rules of quitting
From Dr.Avery on 5/9/2011 7:31:20 PM

Disclaimer: This post is just for fun, and not meant to be taken too seriously.

In order to successfully drop smoking like a bad habit once and for all, there are certain habits - rules to follow - that tend seem to be... Show more

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13. Take up a hobby. Or three. You just got back an hour and a half a day. The same hour and a half you used to spend smoking. What if you could use that time to become the person you've always wanted to be? Guess what: You can. Learn a language, read a book, play the fiddle, learn to cook, take a class, practice two-man inverted trapeze chicken juggling. Stay busy, stay distracted, stay smoke-free.

14. Quitting is hard, and the addiction is merciless. Odds are, when you try to cut corners,... Show more

14. Quitting is hard, and the addiction is merciless. Odds are, when you try to cut corners, you're really setting yourself up to fail. Sneak a smoke and don't reset your counter and you've introduced the element of dishonesty into your quit. If the last one didn't count, the next one won't count either. Your quit is unique, but there are some very common trends. You might be the one person in ten-thousand that can fudge one smoke after six months and then never smoke again, but why risk it when it's so much more likely that you're one of the other 9,999?

15. You have to want your quit. Even when you don't.

16. At the end of the day, the only rule that matters is this: Don't smoke. It's your quit, do whatever you need to do to keep it alive.