What Are Some Things You Should Do Before You Quit Smoking
1. List down reasons why you want to quit smoking.
2. List down why you like to smoke.
3. Decide whether the reasons you want to stop exceed the reasons you want to smoke.
4. When you have decided to entirely quit smoking only then continue with reading the checklist. If not, only look at it when you’re ready to quit.
5. Do not quit smoking until you have completed the checklist.
6. Also list down where and with whom, and when did you smoke.
7. Visualize and write down how did you feel when you wanted to light a cigarette.
8. Now imagine the same event, same people and same place but the feeling without smoking.
9. Now imagine a scenario , if someone offers a cigarette to you, how would you feel? What would you say and what you be thinking?
10. Refrain from consuming alcohol during the period of which you want to quit smoking. Most people smoke again while they drink.
11. Try to visualize the benefits you will gain by not smoking, such as having to sleep better, breather better and being able to feel the flow of energy flow from within you.
12. Consult your physician or pharmacist if you want to undergo nicotine replacement therapies. Because they are not for everybody, they can guide and advise you on the best therapy available according to your body and lifestyle history.
13. Survey your home, car and workplace for any smoking
paraphernalia, such as ashtrays, lighters, cigarettes.
Burn them or bin them.
13. Find your house, car and workplace for any smoking related objects and get rid of them
14. Always get ready a bottle of water to carry it with you at all time, and drink it when you feel the cravings. It will help a lot.
15. Get a piggy bank or box. Whenever you feel like buying cigarettes, put the money you’re suppose to buy for cigarettes into the box. When you’ve accumulated the money, reward yourself by buying something you like.
16. Get rid of odors from your house, car and workplace windows, carpets, curtains, sofas, and other furniture.
17. Keep a journal about your journey through the transition of quitting smoking.
18. Take breaks to relax and have pleasure time for yourself.
19. Exercise – 20 minutes, 3 times a week.
20. Consume lots of vegetables and fruits. Also drink fruits and vegetables juice whenever you can. This will help cleanse out the toxic and poison from your body.
21. Believe you can do it.
22. Know that if you can quit smoking, you can achieve anything in life.
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I feel like shit right now. My chest is so tight and my sinuses are still congested and my legs ache and I keep coughing up this horrible, disgusting stuff that I haven’t coughed up since I quit smoking (and which was a big part of the reason I quit in the first place.) I am finally going to bite the bullet and track down a doctor this week. It’s gonna be a pain in the ass, though, because I don’t have health insurance and can’t afford to spend the small fortune that seeing a doctor here in Manhattan would cost. I researched a couple free clinics, but it seems like you have to jump through a lot of hoops to get an appointment there. But, I’m really kinda out of options here — I need to get this problem with my lungs fixed soon before it gets worse and I have an encore performance of my failed marathon attempt of 2001. And, with all this economic crap hitting the fan and the financial uncertainties that brings with it, I really can’t be out spending more money than I already am. So, it looks like I’ll be jumping through hoops. Wish me luck.
But, before you start feeling too sorry for me, you should know that part of the physical misery I’m experiencing right now (mainly the soreness in my legs) was brought about by my own foolishness in skimping out on proper recovery from yesterday’s 20 miler. I had friends from Colorado in for the weekend and so, rather than going through my typical post-run routine, as soon as I got home and showered after the run, we headed down to Union Square and got lunch and a couple beers from Heartland Brewery. From there we walked over to the West Village Pet Store (an art exhibit thing that was totally lost on my un-artistic self). Along the way, we found a used record store and I was able to extend my new collection with some Elton John, Barry Manilow, Barbara Streissand, and Tom Rush. This is what I love about having the record player. I would have never bought any of those for CD (well, maybe the Elton John), but I’ve actually enjoyed listening to all of them. In fact, I’m listening to the Barry Manilow now. But, back to what I was saying, from the Pet Store, we went to a grill to get a couple more beers, then hiked back to the subway and finally ended up on the Upper East Side eating sushi (and drinking Japanese beer). Finally, after my day-long beer tour of Manhattan, we ended up back at my place and started drinking vodka cocktails.
So, as you can imagine, my four mile recovery run this morning was actually at a slower pace than yesterday’s twenty. It didn’t help that I read the weather wrong and was totally overdressed. Still, it was the slowest I’d run this little stretch along the East River near my house since September of last year. Yikes. But that didn’t stop me from getting a couple beers at brunch back down on the U.E.S. They were delicious and did a great job washing down my super-nutritious meal of fish and chips.
This weekend was a good break, though, because I really have to buckle down and get some serious work done this week. Just signed a new contract with Nathaniel today for an investment site that we’re going to be building and I still have my mile-long checklist of crap to do for my own sites, not to mention a forty-hour week for Precision. But, I still have another few hours to enjoy before all that, so let me get back to my recliner where I’ll finish watching Game 7 of the ALCS and then a documentary on Jack Kerouac that I’ve been wanting to watch for a while. Good night.
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