CHOOSE THE RIGHT METHOD OF QUITING FOR YOU

CHOOSE THE RIGHT METHOD OF QUITING FOR YOU

Answer the questions by circling  “yes”, “no”, or “not sure”.

1.       Stopping smoking is one of the most important things in the world for me right now.                                                                            Yes      no        not sure

2.       I can handle a tough problem without a smoke.

                                                                 Yes      no        not sure

3.    I have to quit smoking and my reasons are good enough to do it now.

                                                                 Yes      no        not sure

4.     If I quit this minute, I know I can find a way to resist the craving to smoke, even if it is strong.                                                            Yes      no        not sure

If your answer to all of the above questions is ‘yes’, you may be a candidate to quit immediately. But before you do, read on to get the tools necessary to be successful. After reading the following, set a time to quit. If not right now, then tomorrow, but do it.

What about the doubts you may be feeling now?

Most smokers will get a sense of doubt when they read the questions above. You probably are not confident in your ability to follow through with resisting any future craving to smoke, or finding something to substitute for the feelings that smoking has given to you.

 In order to have the confidence to quit, you :

(1)   must find an alternative to handle the urge to smoke, when it hits, and

(2)   create ways to deal with the reasons that you smoked in the first place.

Together we will accomplish both these tasks so that when the day comes that you had planned to quit, you will be confident to do it.