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Time To Quit Smoking
By Willie Krut, Thu Dec 8th
Love and cigarettes have many things in common. They say that arelation is very much like a cigarette: you have to put an endto it, before it hurts you. Also, if you look at somebody whoquitted smoking recently and somebody who broke up not long timeago, you’ll see a lot of resemblances. The comparison betweenlove and a cigarette is quite accurate, with the specificationthat a relation can be with the right person, and, in that caseit can’t hurt you, but a cigarette, no matter how light it is,it’s always harmful! When do people usually quit smoking?Unfortunately, they wait until one morning when they look in themirror and notice how yellow their teeth are, how bad their skinlooks and how awful they cough; in other words, much more laterthan they should. If you find yourself in the same situation orclose to it, that means you’ve just become or you’re about tobecome conscious about the fact that you have a problem. Onceyou realize what your problem is, you get down to business andtry to solve it – obviously by quitting smoking. First weekafter quitting cigarettes is idealistic – you breathe easier,your hands don’t smell bad anymore and, since you’re sodetermined, you think you can break any records. Nevertheless,you should also expect to go through a period when you feelcapable of killing for a smoke. Lack of nicotine will alsoaffect you physically, not only mentally. You’ll find yourselfin great pain, in a bad mood, just as if you quitted takingdrugs. When you go through precisely the period described above,keep away thoughts like: I’ll smoke only one more and then I’llrealty quit – once you start smoking again, you suffered allthat pain in vain. On the other hand, try not to: •Startdrinking, instead of smoking. It’s even worse. •Keep any lightsaround or ashtrays – they will represent too much of atemptation. •Encourage you friends to smoke next to you, just toshow them how tough you are. Keep in mind that there arethousands of people on this planet trying to quit smoking, soyou are not alone. Try to get more information regarding theamount of evil cigarettes do to you. Watch TV, read magazines,go on line, or even try to get professional help, because onceyou did made your decision to quit smoking and you respected itfor more than two weeks, it’s a pity to give up. Many persons,and not only women, have confessed that they are afraid to gainconsiderable weight, when quitting smoking. Specialists have notdenied this fear. They do admit that we have to use something inorder to compensate for the cigarettes we don’t smoke anymore.Usually lack of cigarettes is compensated by candies, whichserved in great quantities will result into a lot of body fat;chewing gum, which actually stimulates our gastric juice andmakes us hungry more often.
Nevertheless you have to assume allthose risks and try to diminish the unpleasant effects byexercising a lot, because otherwise, the problems to deal withwill be even more considerable than a few extra pounds. To learnmore how to improve yourself visit the welcome-to-self-improvement.com site.
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