Daily Help with Stopping Smoking Quit smoking advice

If you’re looking for strategies to quit smoking then you’re
definitely in the right place. I used to be a smoker myself
over 8 years ago so I hope you can understand that I know
what I’m talking about. Let’s take a closer look.

So what do we mean when we talk about strategies? Really,
we’re talking about the many different approaches that you
can take to quitting smoking. And if one doesn’t work,
regroup and choose the next best one. Let’s take a look in
order of some different strategies going from worst to best.

Going Cold Turkey Alone

This is the first and cheapest strategy that many people go
for. They set a quit date and then suddenly stop smoking.
You’ll also find that it is the method that is most prone to
failure.

Usually this failure is quick and within a few hours or
days. But this method also has the worst failure rate if you
look at the 5 year horizon too. Clearly, you need a better
strategy than this.

Cutting Down

By cutting down on cigarettes, the shock of finally quitting
should be much less right? It is indeed, but only
fractionally less so. The stark truth is that this method
still involves using a lot of willpower and resisting
cravings. So how can we stop that?

Patches

This is not a good strategy. Whilst you can come off the
cigarettes immediately, you are forced to try and cut down
on the patches instead and we already know how unreliable
that is. Forget it. We still need to cut down on the
cravings and the willpower.

Pills, Hypnosis & The Laser

These methods are different. They are all intended so that
you can lower your cravings and therefore you don’t need to
use willpower. The immediate quit success rates are very
high - around 90%. But remember the problem of the smoker
who quits and actually resists the cravings? They are still
susceptible to starting again a few months or years down the
road.

And that’s the problem with these particular methods. They
cut the cravings temporarily but they don’t cure you of your
addiction. You are still an addict and will be for the rest
of your life.

CBT/Coaching

In my opinion, this is the only method that really works. I
know, because I used this myself over 8 years ago. CBT is a
way of re-educating you about your addiction so you don’t
“suffer” when you make the big change. Let me give you an
example: CBT is used to cure people of phobias like a fear
of flying. Eventually, they can board an airplane again
without sweating a single bead of sweat.

The same is true of cigarette addiction. With CBT, you can
be cured so that when you quit, you will not have any
cravings or need any willpower.

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