Stop Smoking Challenge

Stopping smoking is a very concrete and simple goal. However, reaching that goal is not so easy than you would think. In my experience, the problem is not the physical withdrawal symptoms of Nicotine, because they are generally quite mild. The real problem of stopping smoking is beating your psychological addiction to Nicotine. Beating your internal Nicotine addict will be easier as long as you remember following three points:

1. Understand that

I stopped smoking about a month ago, and even though it has brought so many positive things in my life, I feel that my body is still suffering from physical symptoms caused by stopping smoking. Luckily, I am aware that these symptoms are a sign that my body is recovering from Nicotine addiction. It gives me some strength to deal with these symptoms even though I am feeling physically beaten

Every one of us has got a bad day once in a while. Smokers tend to deal with bad days by smoking a lot more than they usually do. After one quits smoking that option is no longer available as long as one wants to stay as an ex smoker. An alternative method of coping through a bad day is needed, because bad days are usually excellent excuses for giving

It is Saturday. I stopped smoking a week ago, and it has been interesting to see, what kind of misconceptions I had about smoking. I have not destroyed them yet. Instead, I want to write them down as a guide to the rest of you, who ended up reading this blog. There is one thing, which is behind all of the misconceptions I have had. Lets find it out by

Since I am going through this phase myself, I decided to write down some tips, which can help you to get through your first days as a nonsmoker. These tips are not given in any particular order, and you might not have experienced every situation I am talking about. Nevertheless, I am hoping that you find some of my tips useful.

• Don’t listen to your internal addict. As I wrote

Since I am going to quit smoking at Saturday, I have been trying to figure out, why I really smoke. One reason for that is my nicotine addiction. However, I was talking about certain moments in my life, which make me want to smoke a cigarette. I feel that identifying these moments is important, because it might give me a better understanding of my smoking habit. I truly believe that

As you might remember, I wrote in my introduction that I have tried to stop smoking several times before. I end up failing miserably every time. In order to prevent myself for making the same mistake again, I decided to write down a list of reasons, which caused me to return back to my old habits. That list is described in following:

• Stopping smoking because of someone else. A couple

At first I was planning to publish this website after I have stopped smoking. However, I soon realized that the thoughts a person has before stopping smoking are equally important. I believe that the real nature of nicotine addiction can be revealed by using this approach. The first thing I have to do, is to set a date. My date is 31st of July, 2010. That is the day when