I Want To Quit Smoking, Naturally!

The following article lists some simple, informative tips that will help you have a better experience if you want to quit smoking.

With all of the health cost and public out cry and changing of laws why are we still the ones standing outside in the pouring rain just to get that quick fix and have bad breath. Most people will say that smoking is a stress reliever for them, or they have been smoking for so long they don't know how not to smoke or the best one I will gain weight if I quit.

With all of the recent law changes it is making it harder and harder for someone to actually enjoy a cigarette any where besides their own home and even that is changing. In many places now you are not allowed to smoke in public, near entrances and even on the patios of restaurants and cigarettes are a legal product to buy. Also don't forget about the non smokers fake cough when they even get the faintest sniff of cigarette smoke.

A true desire to quit smoking. This is crucial, but is often overlooked, you have to get in touch with yourself and make a true decision.

We all know about the dangers of smoking. It has been crammed down our throats, placed on our beloved cigarette packages and shown on TV on almost every second commercial. I am not going to talk about the health problems that smoking causes but the struggles that we all face to quit.

I have tried almost all of the methods to quit smoking, except sticking my body full of needles. I have tried the drugs, the gum and the patch, all with limited success. I have managed to quit for prolonged periods of time only to come right back to it when things get down.

There are several ways to help you quit smoking for good. The number one thing you must do is to actually want to quit smoking, I have found out the hard way that unless I truly want to quit smoking nothing in the world will help me.

I suggest that you really think about why you want to quit smoking, but leave out all of the health benefits that isn't the reason why you want to quit or you would have done it a long time ago. Make them personal, make them measurable and make them really hit home. Must most of all do this for yourself not because someone asked you to do it.

First sit down and write down why you want to quit smoking (the benefits of quitting): live longer, feel better, for your family, save money, smell better, find a mate more easily, etc. You know what's bad about smoking and what you'll get by quitting.

Commitment to yourself is key. Don't let that tiny voice in your head tell you it's ok to have just one who will know? The answer is you will know if you can't commit to yourself then who can you commit to?

Make sure you reward yourself everyday that you have achieved getting closer to your goal. If you smoke on average 10 cigarettes and you cut it back to nine, GREAT that's a start. Buy your self something small that will make you feel good, maybe a special desert or something.

Begin an exercise program. Exercise is simply incompatible with smoking.

Remember to accomplish something everyday. So the next day cut it back to eight and so on, but make sure you are celebrating your accomplishment. Pretty soon you will find that you will barely be smoking.

This is only one method that I have used to help myself quit. I have been smoke free for 2 years now and I will never turn back.

Just remember this is about yourself and no one else, everyone's appreciation will come afterward once they finally realize that you have quit, and by that time you will be feeling great.