PRE QUIT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
"Delaying NOT Weaning"
Each Time you want to smoke one, tell yourself
"I will wait a little longer" A minute, 15 minutes, an hour, three hours. It's not so much the amount of time initially. The length of time will grow automatically as
your mind gets around the idea that you are going to be quitting smoking.
Never deprive yourself during the process as you may start fearing what you're going to do without cigarettes. This fear is totally unnecessary.
In 3-4 weeks you most likely be smoking 50-75% less than you are now.
I went from a pack a day to 5cigs a day in 4 weeks. Then I used the patch for two weeks and
here I am.
This is my first and only quit after 40 years of smoking. I have been quit over 5 years.
I never got uptight because I wasn't depriving myself by smoking one less a day or some other such nonsense.
When you get down to 5 or so a day? Your mind should be saying, "I think I'm ready now."
Listen to your body. You know it better than anyone.
