NOT giving up!
	Of course,there are hundreds of sites and articles about giving up smoking cigarettes.They all give admirable advice and we all now know the health problems of which there are so many......................................................

I am not a doctor,I am a person who had been smoking for forty years. The fact that I could walk miles without being short of breath,dance for hours and looked good led me to believe that it was O.K.and then realised that many of my health problems as I grew older were in fact aggravated by smoking including eye problems.bladder infections,Stomach and leg problems.

I, like most of us had given up "cold turkey" many times before.Frankly it was Hell,nobody tells you how it can be, for some like coming off hard drugs.The sweats, the tremours and the almost hallucinatory feelings.Well I AM saying it.I have read countless articles about giving up and they all seem to be full of good advice about how to cope with the after effects of stopping,assuming you will stop just like that because they say so.Please read on,this is all about TRAINING yourself to stop - and it WILL work. Start now,no one is telling you to stop smoking right now.

YOU MAY WISH TO RETURN TO THIS PAGE AND TACKLE ONE WEEK AT A TIME TO FULLY ABSORB EACH STEP.

BE AWARE

Many of us know how many we smoke per day by the cost,empty packs etc.We also know that many of them we don't even want and certainly don't need! This works amazingly well and you WILL be surprised. Take your pack of cigarettes and wrap it in a sheet of blank paper.Fasten it with a rubber band and go and put it upstairs,with a pen in a far room or even in the garden shed(worked best for me!).Put your lighter somewhere else and go and wash all your ashtrays. Want a cigarette? O.K. go and get one! now unwrap the pack and write down the time of day,go and find your lighter and light up.Now decide on THE DAY you intend to go smoke free,maybe six weeks from today? O.K. let's go.....

WEEK 1

You trained yourself into a habit that you now think you need.You are now going to train yourself out of it. You will not smoke a cigarette for 15 minutes after you get up in the morning.......you will not smoke for 15 minutes after having a drink of anything......you will not smoke for 15 minute after eating anything.You will not smoke for 15 minutes prior going to bed. .....yes, you are going to take the wrapped pack everywhere you go! you must ALWAYS write down each cigarette you smoke.

Continue wrapping and writing down each time you do smoke. I guarantee that after the first day, you will be amazed at how many unneccessary cigarettes you have cut out!The first time you see on your paper that you only had a smoke half an hour ago (or less)really makes you AWARE.It's hard when you've just settled down in the warm with the cat purring on your lap to get up and go to all that trouble for a cigarette - isn't it! - and really rather stupid.

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WEEK 2

No pressure I assure you.You are training and bringing the whole situation to your own attention.It's nothing to do with anyone else and no one is saying don't smoke at this point.Smoke all you like but WRITE THEM DOWN and just don't smoke at these times: 30 minutes after getting up........30 minutes after any drink..........30 minutes after anything to eat..............30 minutes prior to going to bed.

PLAN
	Plan something very special for THE DAY you are going to CELEBRATE training yourself to success!Plan to take the day off and maybe go to the sea side to breathe in all the ozone you have been missing.Book a table at that great smoke free restaurant you have been avoiding! See the dental hygienist,Buy a new outfit that will never stink of smoke and some perfume or aftershave.....................

Getting there! please continue........... page 2