Kicking Tobacco: How to Become Smoke-Free
Step 1: Preparing Your Mind
You gotta WANT TO QUIT. No ifs, ands or "butts." If you don't want to
quit, or think you can smoke "just a little," you're not gonna make
it, so don't even try. INTENT and DESIRE are paramount. Tell yourself
that you no longer want to be a smoker, that you want to be a
non-smoker, that you want to experience life differently than you have
in the past. Envision yourself as someone who goes through every day
never even thinking about cigarettes, someone who doesn't have to do a
"pat-down" every morning before leaving for work, making sure he's got
enough cigarettes to make it through the day, or enough cash to buy
more. Imagine breathing in a lungful of fresh, clean, air, and not
coughing....
Step 2: Preparing Your Body
Begin immediately taking a high-quality, natural multi-vitamin &
mineral formula, plus 6 capsules daily of Siberian ginseng, 2 capsules
daily of lobelia, and 3-4 capsules of 30% standardized kava kava.
You've been putting your body under quite a bit of stress, for quite a
long time, and you need to strengthen your body, because, though
you're about to remove the stress of smoking, you're now going to
experience the cleansing aspects of not-smoking. You should start
these supplements now, not the day you quit. Purchase these
supplements: 1 bottle (at least 60-90 capsules or tablets) of a
high-quality multi-vitamin/mineral (Nature's Sunshine Multi-Vitamins
is a good one), 2 bottles Nature's Sunshine Siberian Ginseng, 1 bottle
Nature's Sunshine Lobelia, 1 bottle Nature's Sunshine Catnip & Fennel
liquid extract, and 1 or 2 bottles of Nature's Sunshine Kava Kava.
Don't worry or complain about the cost, because in Step 3 you'll
hopefully realize that you've been spending a small fortune on
cigarettes. See the cost of these supplements in your mind as an
investment in your future.
Step 3: Find Out Why You Want to Quit
Find some quiet time and make a list of everything you dislike about
smoking. Everything... your health is suffering, you smell bad, you
get bad seats in the restaurant, you've burned all your clothes and
your carseats, the ashtrays are always overflowing, you're a nervous
wreck everytime you take a long flight, your cigarettes cost a lot of
money, you're being taxed to death on cigarettes, etc., etc. Figure
out how much you spend every year on cigarettes and accessories. Make
the list complete, and "feel" the dislike as you write each one down.
Imagine what happens to your various body organs and systems as all
that polluted air (smoke) enters your body. See the stickiness, the
goo, clogging your airways and bloodstream.
Step 4: Pick a Day to Quit
Pick a day you'll become a non-smoker. Don't analyze it too much, just
pick a calendar date in the near future, preferably not more than a
week away, and stick to it, NO MATTER WHAT! Personally, I found that a
day I could be alone, at home, was best for me. That way, I had no
outside intrusions on my time or my mind, and I could just "veg" and
do nothing, including, not smoking. Some people prefer to be very
active and around people on their first day of not smoking. Though
being busy may be a way of not smoking, eventually, you'll still be
alone, and that's when the idea of smoking will pop up, and you'll
still have to deal with it. So, to me, it's best to "go it alone" to
start with...step
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