General Tips for Handling Craves
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Do remember:
Try to avoid situations that may cause smoking triggers such as situations involving smoking buddies, alcohol, or social gatherings where smoking is taking place.
Physical get up and leave the situation that is causing the smoking trigger.
Distract yourself by chewing on a stick of gum or by brushing your teeth after a meal or use mouth wash.
Change your daily routines by not sitting in that smoking chair, by finding a different room or place to have telephone conversations, by taking a different route while walking, or drinking from a bottle of water while driving.
Think your way through a crave by reminding yourself that the crave will stop in seconds or minutes whether you light up or not.
Remind yourself of all the money that are you are saving and what your plans are for it.
Write up a list of reasons why you are quitting, and stick them on your bathroom mirror, regenerator, etc.
Exhale fully, breath in deeply for three seconds, hold breath for thee seconds, exhale slowly for six seconds. Repeat a few times.
Focus on others things, do not dwell.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/22/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 346
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,200
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1816.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 64 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 6
