How do you even begin to quit smoking?

By: Darren Warmuth

Being a smoker, you will come upon a time when you wish to quit. That time may even be right now. Any number of reasons may be making you look to quit - a nasty smoker's cough; growing health concerns; or maybe you're just tired of the smell. Why you want to quit isn't as important as the fact that you do want to quit. You know how it affects your life. You know what it does to you. And you know eventually you need to stop. The hard part is actually setting plans in motion to help you do this.

Perhaps, due to the ever-increasing methods of quitting available nowadays, choosing one has become a more difficult task. The best recommendation I can make here is to analyze each for its pluses and minuses and try to choose one that goes with your current lifestyle. Just by doing a little homework first, finding the method that will be the most successful for you, becomes far easier.

This was very difficult for me to choose at the time of my quitting as I had no idea as to which method was right for me. So the obvious first stop was to my local health practitioner to see which method had the fewest side effects and yet had a high success rate.

As we discussed several of the treatment methods and potential side effects, we also spoke a lot about the psychological issues that pertain to smoking and to be honest I thought that, for myself that this would be one of the most difficult aspects of stopping smoking.

Preparing yourself mentally to quit smoking is not something that I even considered. I always assumed that to quit smoking, you did just that - quit! Maybe go on a wild emotionally charged fit for a week or so when nobody wants to be around you and that's it, you're done. I hadn't even thought about the fact that quitting would necessitate lifelong lifestyle changes.

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.

As I have told everybody looking for my advice on quitting smoking, it is one of the hardest things you will ever do in your life. But it is also one of the most rewarding. Start now. Get your game plan in place - and quit! Nothing will give you more satisfaction.

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