Stop Smoking Challenge

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 hard to believe that I have not been smoking for over a week now. The process itself has been easier than I thought. I just had to decide that I will not smoke cigarettes any more. However, smoking cessation has been mentally hard for me. Sometimes I feel that I am transforming to someone else. Unfortunately, I do not like my new personality. Luckily, he won’t be with

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

This is my fourth day without smoking, and smoking cessation becomes easier every day. There are still moments, which makes me miss smoking, but they are getting easier and easier to deal with as long as I remind myself that I have stopped smoking. Some of the symptoms are however quite hard to deal with, and it seems that there is no easy way out. The symptoms will disappear eventually,

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

Today was my first day without smoking cigarettes. It has been hard, but not nearly as hard as I feared. The first two hours were really hard and seemed to last forever. It felt almost like torture. I was thinking about smoking almost all the time. However, I did not want to let myself down. It would have been a huge disappointment for me, if I would have given up

After I woke up today, I realized almost immediately that today is my last day as a smoker. It really scared me, and I started having feelings of remorse. Stopping smoking feels almost like saying goodbye to a very good friend or ending an relationship. I had to motivate myself by thinking positive thoughts and remembering my reasons for quitting smoking. It helped a little bit, but I still had

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