I never believed I would be able to quit my smoking habit. It seemed like I was always waiting until the strain in my life was at a better place to begin to quit and of course that did not happen.I used my smoking habit as anxiety reliever and I just didn't know what smoking control could do. Please note that "Smoking Control" is a branded product of the NOXO company. I was fearful about weight gain and it seemed like every time I stopped smoking I replaced eating with my smoking and as soon as I saw a weight gain over eleven pound I was once again smoking.

So, I was sure I was going to have to find a behavior to oust my smoking or other ways of dealing with pressures. At home instead of taking a smoke break I would use some smoking control. In the mornings instead of a cigarette with my coffee I ate a hefty breakfast instead of my usual breakfast of a cigarette and coffee. After eating in place of a smoking I took a walk or exercised or read a book. In the car I listened to books on tape or music that took my mind off usual times in the car when I would smoke.

It was not an easy thing but I started replacing other activities and habits for times when I would usually smoke and I started using smoking control. When I decided that I had to stop the smoking habit I began with a list of dos and don't s for my decision to smoke or to quit. In other words what I was getting out of smoking and then the cons to keeping with my smoking habit. Certainly the pros far outweighed the cons. The financial and health cost of a smoking habit makes the decision to go on one you cant really excuse in any sense except for the fact that as a smoker this is a habit that you take pleasure in.

After I made my checklist I hung this checklist up on my bedroom door and also on my mud room door. I wanted everyday to see my reason for changing my behavior this helped a little since stopping smoking is a resolution one has to make daily day by day. When you quit smoking you have to count on some times when you may make a mistake but in the past when I messed up I just accepted the fact that I had failed and began smoking full steam ahead but this time if I back slid and bought a pack of cigarettes or smoked only one I bummed from a buddy I allowed myself forgiveness for not being perfect and started right back up.

When ever I saw the scales go up I made sure to exercise more and not to replace eating with smoking. I also rewarded myself by pampering myself with something I more often than not would not do for myself. Maybe by a splurge on shopping or a moving picture I wanted to see a nice dinner a cup of coffee just something I enjoyed to remind myself that smoking wasn't the only fun thing for me. I can't say I still don't think about having a cigarette from time to time and perhaps always will but I also remind myself that what you save is cash your health and generally just feeling far better. Your clothes don't smell like smoke your hair doesn't stench of smoke you can taste the food you eat. You can also put the bucks you would have used for buying smokes into a bank account and watch it add up.