How to quit smoking

If you try to google down the internet, there are various possible tips to quit smoking. Today I want to share these tips with you since these tips really helped me in quitting this habit. I am still in the process of quitting and there are possibilities that I might smoke again. But I will never give up trying to quit, that's for sure.

How to quit smoking:

1. Cold turkey- just quit without having to slow down or anything. just quit, dont touch the cigarrate again.

2. drink a lot of water- though this will result painful trips to the toilet, it will keep us busy and keep our minds off cigarrates.

3. eat a lot- this will make us fat. But being fat is better than being a smoker. Quit first, diet later when we are stronger.

4. hang out with non-smokers. We can hang out with smokers later when we are stronger.

5. Buy chewing gum- chewing will keep our mouth busy. This will also substitute on our regular trips to 7 eleven for cigarattes. We can still go to 7 eleven, but only to buy a pack of chewing gum instead.

6. Exercise- this is to get rid of the nicotine that exist inside our body faster. So the craving would be much much shorter in duration.

7. Instead of having a cigarattes box/pack inside our pocket, we could substitute it with a notebook. In that notebook, write down all the reasons why you wanted to quit smoking. Also list down why you think smoking is bad. Write down why quitting is good for you. every time you feel like you want to smoke. Read the all the reasons inside there and repeat it at least 5 times. its good to read it out loud so you can hear yourself saying it. Its consciously subconscious.

My personal tips:

1. you have to realise that quitting is a process, not a  product. Smoking itself is a process, not a product. So you have to see yourself quitting as a journey. If we see quitting as a product, we always want to reward ourselves by smoking. So forget about rewarding yourself. Reward yourself with this great journey of self control.

2. Mind over body. Mind is a powerful thing. We should be in control of our minds in order to control our actions. So let the mind tells the body what it needs.  Quitting is a form of self control, if you can control yourselves, you can control anything you want. Yes, anything.

3. We also need to realise that quitting smoking is not an easy task, but is a possible task.

4. We also need to realise the fact that most people cannot quit on their first try. Most people that had successfully quit smoking for good had already tried quitting a few times but failed.

5. The more you try to quit, the possibility of it being successful will increase.  

6. Never give up, believe in yourself.

I might smoke again because cigarattes does taste yummy especially after a meal. But I want to try on stopping for good. I cannot promise anything because we never know what will happen in the future. But I will promise myself that I will never give up on quitting. 

Maybe, just maybe.. One day I could call myself a non-smoker. It will be one great journey ahead of me. 

My name is muhammad and I am a nicotine addict. I'm nicotine free for about a month already. (clap clap to me)