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Ree · 05-14-2007, 11:01 PM

I quit smoking using a program by the American Cancer Society called 21 Days to a Fresh Start. That was 14 years ago and I haven't smoked since. A couple of tips that helped me were:

Find something to substitute for the habit you want to stop. For me, I substituted making and drinking lemon water for the cigarette. The process of slicing the lemon, squeezing it into the water took the place of shaking a cigarette out of the pack and placing the lighter to the tip of it.

But for me the biggest motivator and aid was to write down the top three reasons I wanted to quit smoking and carry these reasons in writing with me everywhere. Be completely honest about these reasons. They are for your eyes only. Each time I felt I was about to cave in and smoke, I would take these reasons out and read them over. THAT DID IT!

I also kept count of how many days I went without smoking, and each time I felt really tempted, I asked myself did I want to throw away that number of days and all the hard work and effort that went into those days. NO WAY!

I think these aids might easily translate over to help your effort to stop drinking. Best of luck to you!

05-14-2007, 11:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ree Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 632	I quit smoking using a program by the American Cancer Society called 21 Days to a Fresh Start. That was 14 years ago and I haven't smoked since. A couple of tips that helped me were: Find something to substitute for the habit you want to stop. For me, I substituted making and drinking lemon water for the cigarette. The process of slicing the lemon, squeezing it into the water took the place of shaking a cigarette out of the pack and placing the lighter to the tip of it. But for me the biggest motivator and aid was to write down the top three reasons I wanted to quit smoking and carry these reasons in writing with me everywhere. Be completely honest about these reasons. They are for your eyes only. Each time I felt I was about to cave in and smoke, I would take these reasons out and read them over. THAT DID IT! I also kept count of how many days I went without smoking, and each time I felt really tempted, I asked myself did I want to throw away that number of days and all the hard work and effort that went into those days. NO WAY! I think these aids might easily translate over to help your effort to stop drinking. Best of luck to you!