Welcome to this video entitled your options, no to quit plans are the same, and what will work for you may not work for someone else. So it's important to consider all of your options as well as be more mindful of your smoking. You'll uncover awesome clues that can be incorporated into your personalized quick plan, things that will work just for you. Plus, you will be able to identify and plan for challenges that may come up as you proceed, increasing your success along the way. This video will outline your quit tobacco options. Please listen to the entire video and then decide what's right.
Decide what just feels right for you. You can't go wrong when you listen to your inner intuition. Your options quite simply are to reduce to quit for picking a quit date and quitting on that day. And drug therapy to help with cravings and withdrawal can be layered on top Either option, but how do you know which option is best? And how do you know if drug therapy is an important thing to consider or not? are some key ways to know for sure.
And this video will be dedicated to drawing out the answers you'll need to proceed and make the best choice. So let me ask you a couple questions. Do you need to smoke within 30 minutes of waking up each morning? And do you sometimes get up through the night to have a smoke? If you answered yes to either one of these questions or both of these questions, you are highly dependent on tobacco and would likely benefit from drug therapy to quit. Now, drug therapy does not make you quit.
However, it does help with cravings and withdrawal. And those are the two biggest reasons people slip or relapse to smoke again. Please note that choosing drug therapy to assist you to quit is totally Your choice, it may improve your success. It may keep the cravings and withdrawal at a manageable level so that you can concentrate on your strategies. But there are many people that successfully quit tobacco every day that do it without drug therapy as well. If you decide to add your drug therapy, let's make sure you consult with a pharmacist like me or another healthcare provider to pick the right medication, the right dose and the right dosing schedule to optimize your results.
It would be helpful to watch the drug therapy video provided so that you can make an informed choice about drug therapy as well. So let's get back to your main options to quit. Let me remind you that they are implementing reduced to quit strategies, or picking a quit date and smoking up to that date. Choosing the right foundation is important. Start with whatever you feel will work best. For example, if you've tried to reduce to quit in the past And it didn't work, chances are it won't work again.
And it might be wise to start with picking a quit date and developing a personalized quit plan that will support that decision. If you have chosen to reduce the quit, please proceed to the reduced to quit video after this video for some amazingly helpful tips on how to get started with that plan. If you have decided to pick a quit date, carrying on through the rest of this video as well for some helpful tips, there really is no perfect day to quit, but there are things that will improve your chances of following through. A good quit date should give you enough time to prepare to flesh out your personalized quit plan, but not enough to let you get distracted or have second thoughts. So go ahead and set the quit date and put it into writing. Add it to your personalized quit plan provided.
Just putting it into writing will improve your chance of following through Tell a family member or friend about your quit date. If you make a commitment, you are more likely to succeed by just telling others about your plan, and it gives them a really good reason to encourage and support you. It's important to choose quit buddies with great care. Let friends and family know that you will come to them if you require additional support. Identify friends that you can phone or text if things go haywire or get really tough. And enlist a quick buddy that will not sabotage your plan.
Consider and incorporate environmental control measures. Things like make smoke free zones now in your home and car and grad. This will improve success. Get rid of tobacco products and things like lighters, matches and ashtrays. Rearrange a room in your home in particular the room you used to smoke in. This will make it seem less familiar and becoming tobacco.
Free will also start to feel less familiar. stocked the fridge with healthy snacks. Clean and deodorize your car so that you don't feel tempted to smoke in your car when you're driving. drive a different way to work. Avoid passing by the store where you might usually buy cigarettes. Keep gum and sugar free candies mints or toothpicks handy and put a no smoking sign in your car and in your home.
Incorporate socializing measures, you may have to avoid some friends who who smoke for a while, and at the very least prepare and rehearse a standard line for refusing cigarettes when you run into those friends. Have an escape plan. Think ahead two times and events and triggers that will make you think about smoking, and plan what you will do to regain control of your urge to smoke in those situations. Most importantly, control your thoughts. motivation. Our brain wants to do what we tell it to do.
Review your reasons for quitting, and start telling yourself you will succeed. Things like I can do this, I am worth it. I've overcome way bigger obstacles. Smoking is not an option right now. My lungs and body are already healing. I'm gaining control over my life.
Visualize yourself as a tobacco free person doing something you really enjoy without that cigarette in your hand. Just close your eyes. Do some deep breathing and actually picture yourself doing that activity. On your quick date. Organize your day to avoid added stress if possible. be physically active.
Take relaxation breaks. Practice deep breathing. You might want to review the video provided called breathing pleasure into being tobacco free. Don't forget to celebrate successes, even tiny ones. Calculate the money saved and the time saved. And make a plan for what you will do with all that extra money and time.
Celebrate your new healthy look. Celebrate how great you feel. Keep track of all your successes, even tiny one. Surround yourself with non smokers there are way more of them than smokers. Don't allow yourself to think one smoke won't hurt your progress. Every cigarette causes harm.
But if you do slip, don't think of it as the feel. get right back on the wagon and create some mindfulness around what exactly made you slip. You can't plan for everything that will come your way. But you might be able to avoid the same urge to light up if that same emotion or trigger comes at you again. Great work be sure to post your quit date on your personalized clip plan and the private Facebook page. He's got this