How To Quit Smoking And Feel Great About It

How does your throat feel the day after a night ofOne suggestion is to repeat healthy affirmations as
heavy smoking and drinking? What about your endlessoften as possible. For example, with emotional intensity
coughing? Did you sleep well or did you toss and turnrepeat the affirmations: 'I let go of unhealthy thoughts
most of the night, your chest feeling tight?and I feel great. I release the need for unhealthy habits
You probably want to quit smoking but don't knowin my life. I am healthy, full of energy and vitality. I sleep
how. Allow me to inform you that the most effectivesoundly all night.' The idea here is to keep your
way to quit smoking, in the long-term, is to change thethoughts and mind occupied with healthy living rather
way you think about yourself, your health and your life.than about quitting smoking. If you keep thinking about
If you want to live a smoke-free and healthy life youquitting smoking, you will still think about smoking. Get
have to adopt the thoughts that flow with the idea ofsmoking completely out of your mind and fill it with
a smoke-free and healthy you.healthy thoughts.
The way you live is the way you think. Constantly think4. Another suggestion is to replace smoking with
good health and joyous living. Keep your thoughtshealthy food or drink; for example, eat plenty of
away from smoking as if cigarettes never existed.carrots, apples and tomatoes, and drink a lot of water.
Change your line of thinking and you can live life the5. With the summer fast approaching, you could begin
way you want; where you choose your destiny as aan exercise programme. Exercise relieves stress,
healthy person.releases happy hormones and is great in helping your
Here are a few ways you can start to change yourbody recover from the damage caused from years
thinking patterns and habits toward smoking:of smoking. If it has been a while since you last
1. There is a huge power in the question 'why'; theexercised, start off slow and gradually build up on it.
reason 'why' you want to quit smoking. When you findWhen I quit, I exercised on a rowing machine. I started
the ultimate reason why you want to quit smoking andoff rowing three minutes three times a week, and then
you feed those reasons regularly to your mind, you willincreased my time gradually one minute per week.
be rid of that habit. So start off the habit of beingNow I row for an hour (on a good day) every day. It is
smoke-free and healthy by writing as many reasonsrecommended to consult a physician or your doctor
as you can as to why you want to give up smoking.prior to starting any exercise programme.
Then choose the top three most powerful reasonsFor you to quit smoking, you will need to make that
and read them with feelings twice or more daily.all-important decision that you want to and must quit
2. Your next step is to write down all the benefits thatsmoking. By using the 'why' as your driving force, you
you will gain by quitting smoking. A few examples togo to work on your day-to-day thoughts.
get you thinking: I will live longer, I will feel healthier, I willBy adopting healthy-living thoughts you will be rid of the
sleep better, I will feel better, my hair and hands andpain of smoking; the coughing, the wheezing, the
clothes will smell better, I will save a lot of money that Isleepless nights, being constantly out of breath, and
could put to better use, and many more. Again, readmore.
the benefits of quitting smoking as many times as youChange your inner, core thoughts and quit smoking and
can during the day.live a smoke-free and healthy life.
3. It helps to plan a replacement for your smoking habit.