How do you even begin to quit smoking?

There's comes a time in every smokers life, that they contemplate quitting smoking. Each of us have many different reasons as to why we want to stop smoking, our health being the main one, as well as that ever persistent and lovely smoker's cough. Whatever your reason may be, the facts are that we know we need to stop, we know what it does to us, and how it will eventually affect our lives. The hard part is setting the plan in motion to actually begin to quit.

With so many treatment options available, choosing the right one can seem like a daunting task. The easiest thing to do is to take a look at each option individually, make a list of the pros and cons, pertaining to each and try to determine which method will work best with your lifestyle. Once you have done your homework, it makes it easier to choose which method that that you feel will work for you.

The difficulty when I quit was that I had no idea as to which method of quitting was the right one for me. Therefore a quick visit to the doctor helped me determine which method was right for me, both in effectiveness and fewest side effects.

We discussed many of the methods available and their side effects, but we also focused a lot of the conversation on the psychological part of quitting as well, since for most people, including myself, that would be the most difficult part of quitting smoking.

I hadn't even considered mentally preparing myself to quit. It was always just an assumption to me that you quit, became really grouchy for a week or so and that was it - you were a non-smoker. It never crossed my mind that this non-smoking thing was a lifelong committment.

So after the conversation with the doctor and after choosing the treatment method I was comfortable with, she told me to pick a quit day a couple of weeks out and use the time in between to prepare for my new smoke-free lifestyle. In those two weeks it became evident how much my life revolved around smoking and how much I wished to be rid of the habit. So I began to take positive steps like smoking outside; throwing out my ashtrays; and even cleaning my carpets, bedding and curtains.

Quitting smoking is very hard thing to do, anybody who has quit is quick to tell you that it has been one of the most difficult things that they have done within their life. It is also one of the most rewarding accomplishments that one will achieve by overcoming your addiction to nicotine, I will be the first one to tell you how hard it is but being able to walk past the store and not have to worry about if you have enough cigarettes for the night, is absolutely priceless.

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