| It been said that we are creatures of habit. Even | | | | the cold hard facts. So here they are each year |
| if we know that a certain habit is killing us or is | | | | 400,000 American people die from cigarette |
| not good for us, we will keep doing it anyway. | | | | smoking alone, by way of lung cancer, heart |
| The fact that you found this article probably | | | | disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. Do not |
| means that you have already tried to stop | | | | forget the second hand smoke. Second hand |
| smoking. Are we right or wrong? If you really | | | | smoke is the cause of about 3,000 deaths from |
| want to quit smoking stay a while because you | | | | lung cancer each year. So, we get the blame the |
| can learn how to have success in kicking the habit. | | | | smokers for not only are you killing yourself. But |
| Hannibal Smith Said You Got to Have a Plan | | | | you are slowly killing others around you! It really is |
| Everyone says to give up smoking is not easy. | | | | about time to give your friends and family a |
| They always fill your head with smoking becomes | | | | brake by stopping the smoking addiction? |
| a psychological, emotional and a physical addiction | | | | Smoking also puts a big whole where your money |
| and your behavior has been conditioned to follow | | | | used to be in your wallet. Part of the plan I used |
| a routine that is reinforced into a habit. A lot of | | | | was if I could finally give up the cigarettes I would |
| that is just over the top with language that no | | | | save the money and buy a boat. In 20 years I |
| one understands. | | | | have bought 3 boats and 18 ft and a deep sea |
| Let Us Make it Simple | | | | fishing boat 23 ft and a Flats boat 15 ft both of |
| To put it in simple language 4 or 5 days to | | | | which I still own and use. So the little trick of using |
| escape the physical addiction you get a little | | | | money as a crutch works pretty well. |
| cranky and foggy. So what just plan for it. This | | | | The years the money and the boat was only a |
| part is really the easy part. The part that is so | | | | small part of my plan remember each time one |
| difficult in escaping the habit, this is all the one | | | | of the reasons to reach for a cigarette you must |
| thousand and one reasons you reach for a | | | | have a programmed plan to counter it. It must be |
| cigarette in the first place. Now if you make | | | | something strong enough to make you think of |
| yourself a good list of all the one thousand and | | | | something else for 30 seconds to escape the |
| one reasons you light up. And then make a | | | | urge. With a well thought out plan you can beat |
| counter plan of something to just make your | | | | the habit. Without knowing what you will do ahead |
| mine look at something else for 30 full seconds | | | | of time you will surely lose the battle every time. |
| the urge goes away until the next one comes | | | | Benefits of Quitting |
| along. | | | | It is the theme of this article, also another thing |
| For me the habit or the reasons to light up still call | | | | that means nothing to a smoker is smell and |
| to me even after 20 years. But so what just | | | | taste comes back. Your heart rate and blood |
| think of all the money I saved over the years. My | | | | pressure go back to normal very quickly. The |
| worst craving is on a cold morning out on the | | | | overall health benefits when you think in terms of |
| ocean still comes back to get me. This one was | | | | dollars and cents and the whole in wallet you just |
| never understood because the taste was terrible | | | | cannot be measured. |
| under these conditions or even when I smoked I | | | | You owe it to yourself and your friends and |
| hated the taste. But the craving was over | | | | family to (Get Er Done) as the cable guy would |
| powering at these times. | | | | say. You do have the ability try one of the books |
| The Cold Hard Facts | | | | or other remedies to help you if you need to but |
| Everyone likes to beat you over the head with | | | | just do it. |