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What Does It Really Take To Quit Smoking?
By: Jimmie Newell
Lets look at this exercise like a recipe, any good cook will tell you that a recipe can be completed without some of the ingredients called for, however the quality of the finished dish may not be up to par.
With that in mind, lets explore what is needed to finally be successful at quitting smoking. (Article Continues Below)
The first and quit likely the most important ingredient is personal commitment, if you are not completely convinced that you want to quit smoking, your chances of complete and total success are limited, however if you are completely committed, your chances for success are greatly enhanced. You will need a full measure of self-discipline. (Article Continues Below)
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Self-discipline is defined as: Training and control of oneself and one's conduct, usually for personal improvement. Or according to WordNet 2.0, 2003 Princeton University it could be n 1: the trait of practicing self discipline [syn: self-denial] 2: the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses [syn: self-denial, self-control] Lets examine some of the parts of those descriptive terms a little more closely. 1.Is there training involved? You bet, you need to train yourself to not give in to the urge to light up, some will need to train themselves to do something with their hands. 2.Is this really personal improvement? You decide, your overall health will be better, your risk of heart disease, cancer, and any number of other maladies is lowered, your senses of smell and taste will be greatly improved, and you won't look un-natural and ridiculous with a cigarette hanging from your mouth. 3.How about self-denial? This is one of the toughest, actually being strong enough to deny and overcome the physical need for nicotine. Next we will need a bushel of information. With all of the information available today, it really amazes me that people are still starting to smoke, but that is a different issue, we are cooking up a way to quit. The Internet is loaded with information on quitting smoking, it ranges from expert to downright false, and from free to expensive, Be sure to do plenty of research, quitting smoking for anyone does not have to involve spending money, however there are people who think they need help, so if you want to spend money to quit, the end result is what counts. Look around there are ebooks and reports, software, support groups, phone support, email support, and complete programs, some of these items are available at no cost other than your investment of time to find them. Now that we have all of the ingredients we can start to assemble the finished product, and just in case you forgot, the finished product is a smoke free you!
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