As a smoker, the thought of quitting smoking may scare you if you’re not prepared for it. One of the reasons that smokers give up quitting and go back to the habit again is because they have lots of justifications and reasons to smoke.
As long as you are still justifying your actions to why you're smoking,
you will never be in the right frame of mind to quit. The challenge is to slowly get rid of these reasons to smoke in your mind one at a time. You need to understand that there are no benefits whatsoever when it comes to smoking. Everything about smoking is negative and detrimental to your health.
Justifications of Smoking
Let's take a look at a few common justifications and how you can overcome it.
Smoking Helps Me to Relax and Eases My Stress
Look, think about how you handled stress before you got into smoking. I'm sure there were other methods you used to help you relax. Most of the relaxation effect you are going to feel will be from the relief of your addiction.
Smoking Helps Me to Focus
Research has shown that smoking will cause your brain to have lack of oxygen. So if there's anything, smoking will reduce your mental productivity and well as to cause you to be distracted more often.
I'm Not Smoking That Much, It's Okay
Smoking less does not make you healthier. Do remember you are still inserting into your body 4000 other chemicals, nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide. You are still exposed to these hazardous smokes and are still bound to the addiction. Smoking less still means you are a smoker.
I Don't Enough Willpower
Question to you is… how else do you think ex-smokers quit smoking by? Do you think quit smoking aids help them quit without using any willpower? The point is, everybody including you have enough willpower to quit smoking. Yes the difficulty varies for different people, but the chance to quit smoking is equal to for everyone, and thousand have successfully quit smoking every month.
I Will Gain Weight
Oh well, I guess you'll have better appetite once you are free from smoking. Then again, you will have a better lifestyle and will be in better shape to exercise will you not?
I Can't Overcome the Urge and Cravings
Nicotine is extremely addictive. Many studies have shown that nicotine is more addictive than heroin or cocaine. Most of the time, the urge comes with a trigger, whether you're having a coffee or whether you're at party sipping on alcohol. During this period, try to avoid these situations, because most of these times, you will be likely to succumb to temptation.
I Failed Because I Smoked Again
It's called relapse. Many successful ex-smokers who managed to quit smoking almost had a period of relapse before. It doesn't mean you have failed at all. You have already been smoke free for days, weeks and perhaps even months. Press on and soon, you'll find yourself free from smoke and even hating the smell of cigarettes before you even realize it.
