Knowing that smoking is harmful to health, why do so many people still smoke? Although it is difficult to quit smoking, there are ways to quit smoking, and today we will talk about how to quit smoking effectively.
Some people quit smoking completely by willpower, that is, after deciding to quit smoking, they suddenly stop smoking, and they have to force themselves to hold back when they want to smoke. In fact, it is not easy to quit smoking by willpower, and it is not so effective, because quitting smoking will produce withdrawal reactions, and the body will be very uncomfortable. In addition, people's willpower is limited, and when you tolerate not smoking for a long time, your willpower will gradually be exhausted, and you may eventually lose control and start smoking again.
Therefore, in order to help more people quit smoking, I will tell you how to deal with withdrawal correctly and effectively, I hope it will be helpful to you.
Quitting smoking should change the perception of smoking and eradicate addiction in just two steps.
Step 1: Psychologically recognize the essence of smoking.
People who smoke for a long time will have addiction, think that smoking is the best way to solve the problem, and think that smoking is a pleasure. In fact, this is a false psychological perception.
When you want to smoke, don't light a cigarette right away, but stop and think about why you want to smoke and what you want to smoke for. When you light a cigarette, savor each puff carefully and feel how your mouth, tongue, throat, chest, brain, etc. react to the cigarette. After smoking this cigarette, feel the difference between how you feel and before you smoke. It is recommended to smoke again in the future, and practice like this Xi, as long as you practice like this for three days, you will be obsessed with every cigarette you smoke.
Doing so will help you realize the real reason why you smoke and recognize the essence of smoking.
The reason why you smoke may be because you don't smoke and feel uncomfortable, and the discomfort is caused by the previous cigarette and the addiction. Smoking only temporarily relieves this discomfort and creates the illusion of enjoyment.
You may also smoke because you feel anxious, lonely or bored, and smoking can provide temporary relief. But in fact, smoking does not really solve these problems, it is just an illusion, you smoke one after another, although smoking temporarily relieves your anxiety, loneliness or boredom, but the fact that you are anxious, lonely or bored does not change, that is to say, smoking does not solve these problems, you need to solve these problems in other ways.
When you recognize the real reason why you smoke, realize that smoking does not really solve any problems, and at the same time can feel the negative effects of smoking physically, then you will fundamentally deny the value of smoking and eradicate the addiction.
Step 2: Change previous Xi habits and develop new Xi habits in behavior.
When you realize that smoking doesn't really solve anything, the next step is to make behavioral changes and break your old Xi. For example, I used to like to drink with friends, and I would smoke when I drank, so I will drink less with friends in the future.
At the same time, develop new Xi, such as a hobby. The reason why many people like to smoke is because their lives are empty and they have no hobbies, so it is recommended to cultivate a hobby, especially for middle-aged and elderly people after retirement. Sports, fishing, carrying a camera to shoot flowers and birds, copying and writing, raising flowers and grass are all very good hobbies, in short, you should enrich yourself and pass the boring time.
When you change your previous Xi habits and develop new Xi habits, you can not only transfer your desire to smoke, but also make yourself more fulfilling, and you will not feel bored in life.
This is conducive to gradually reducing the number of cigarettes, smoking less and less, you can slowly reduce the body's dependence on nicotine, and you can slowly quit smoking.
Although quitting smoking is not an easy task, as long as we can start from both psychological and behavioral aspects, change our dependence and craving for smoking, we will smoke less and less, and finally successfully quit smoking.
Today is the last day of 2023, tomorrow is 2024, hopefully there will be a new beginning in 2024, so let's start by quitting smoking. Starting tomorrow, try to quit the bad Xi habit of smoking, cultivate interesting hobbies, and make your life more fulfilling and better.
Finally, let's conclude with the sentence on the cigarette pack: smoking is bad for your health, and quitting smoking as soon as possible is good for your health!