When different governments around the world have attempted to convince people to stop smoking, they always seem to go down the health route. It could be by showing a man who is dying of cancer for example. I was very much aware of all of the negative health effects of smoking but this did not deter me from starting. I suppose this was due to my belief that any effects were unlikely to start affecting me for at least 30 years. I used to say to myself that there is a good chance that I will not be alive in thirty years time and that I should live for today. I have to admit that I would also attempt to convince myself that there was a good chance that a cure for cancer may have been found within the next few decades. When I decided to stop smoking, health was one of the reasons why I wanted to quit, but it was by no means the main reason.

The main reason was without doubt financial. The price of a packet of twenty cigarettes in the UK has rocketed upwards over the last few years. In truth I am able to afford to pay for the “fags” but I would just much rather save the money to spend on things such as foreign holidays or to buy a car. I have worked out that I save over a thousand pounds a year by no longer smoking. This for me is a lot of money and was what I always thought of when the demons in my head were trying to convince me to smoke just one last cigarette.

I started to smoke due to the fact that it would help me to relax; I had a stuttering speech impediment until the age of 22 and would stutter more when I was under pressure. I started to work at the age of 16 in the DVD authoring sector and in reality being a smoker gave me one of my own pleasures of the time.

There were of course other reasons why I wanted to stop smoking. These include the amount they make your clothes smell, the amount they make your house smell, the affect they have on your teeth, the fact that most women find smoking a turn off and the sheer dependency that one can get from cigarettes. For example I feel a bit stressed, I must therefore have a cigarette. I am drinking coffee, therefore I must smoke a cigarette.

It has to be said that it is far from easy to quit smoking but let’s face it the rewards are massive therefore it has to be worth all of the effort.

John Frain works for a fostering agency in England and writes articles about a large array of topics.

So you have tried but have ultimately not succeeded, you are still a smoker and fear that you will always be one. You are aware that you should quit the fags but just do not seem to have the willpower. Well in this article I will be giving my own free tips and tricks, as I call them, which I hope will help, at least one person, to stop smoking.

I am not personally involved within the “stop smoking” industry; I am actually an SEO specialist, I also provide fostering solutions as well as a professional DVD authoring service.

I believe in the power of “goal setting” especially when attempting something as big as quitting smoking. I would always start any attempt at the start of the week or at the start of a month. Each day you successfully do not smoke mark it on a calendar or in a diary. The important to thing to remember and where a lot of people screw up is when they have had a sustained period of “non smoking” but then for whatever reason decide to smoke a fag. This is likely to happen in reality but the main thing is to then re-start your non smoking ways rather than going back to smoking 15 a day!. Treat this as just a hiccup, as they say, something which will not happen again.

Smoking is basically just a bad habit. People like to smoke as soon as they leave work, after they have eaten a meal, as soon as they wake up in the morning or whenever they drink coffee, as you can see it is a cycle that needs to be broken. To do this we have to replace the cigarette with something else, this could be a biscuit, for example. This may well sound bonkers to the readers of this article however a quick tip is to clean your teeth when you feel you want a ciggie. Yes it does sound crazy but it also works for a lot of people.

To start with write a list of all of the reasons as to why you want to stop smoking. These are likely to include health, the cost, the way it makes your clothes smell, the stigma of being a smoker and protection of your teeth. Every time that you are about to have a cigarette and therefore fail in your quest to quit it is then when you take this list, have a good read, as a reminder of why you are doing it.

For the past ten years Natalie has been a registered nurse at a urban hospital. As a professional nurse, she evidently knew what to tell her patients concerning their health difficulties but in her off-duty life, nevertheless, she clearly didn’t practice what she preached. As an example, she normally drank in an irresponsible and excessive manner, she never got into physical exercise, she smoked roughly two packs of cigarettes everyday, and she was more or less forty-four pounds overweight.

Natalie Gets Into A Vehicle Accident, Fails A Breathalyzer Test, and Goes to The Local Jail

One evening on her way to the hospital, Natalie got into a car accident. Due to the fact that the accident was her fault and since her speech was jumbled when she spoke, the arresting officer had her take a breathalyzer test. In accord with standard law enforcement operating procedures, when a person is involved in a car accident and tests positive for a breathalyzer test, the individual has to spend at least two hours in jail.

Actually, Natalie should have known better than to drive after she was drinking because she recently attended an “alcohol abuse awareness” class at the hospital that centered on statistics, issues, and information about alcohol facts such as the following: alcohol poisoning, binge drinking, DUIs, and the primary differences between alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction.

Natalie is Feeling Quite a Bit of Shame About Her Automobile Accident

It almost goes without saying that Natalie experienced more than a little shame about her vehicle accident. Furthermore, she experienced quite a bit of shame about the fact that the accident was her fault. And perhaps worst of all, she was quite embarrassed about the fact that she was driving after she had been drinking. As Natalie thought about this event, however, she perceived that it could have been far worse because at work, when a alcohol blood test is given and failed, the individual has to go to mandatory alcohol counseling and is placed on non-pay status. This was merely one of the alcohol facts that was a reality at the hospital and not much could be expected to change this fact.

Natalie’s Shame and Depression About Her Traffic Accident Encourages Her To Go Over Her Life and Make Some Substantial and Healthy Modifications

At any rate, Natalie’s disgrace about her automobile accident motivated her to reexamine her life and make some significant and beneficial alterations. First, she was going to stop drinking in an excessive and irresponsible manner. Second, she was going to quit smoking. Third, she was going to lose some weight. And fourth, she was going to start exercising.

As disconcerted and depressed as Natalie was about the entire car accident situation, she used this awful experience as a catalyst for positive change. In addition, she used her negative experience as a real source of revelation that she had been neglecting her own health while she openly told other individuals how to live a more healthy life. At last, she finally saw the two-facedness in her behavior and made up her mind that she would live her life as a constructive source of motivation for other individuals.