Quit Smoking And Watch Your Social Life Soar
Author: Freddy Cedano

You may not realize it, but smoking affects your social life as
well as your physical well being. How often have you avoided
going places because they were non-smoking, or ducked out of a
party at the height of the action to satisfy your nicotine
cravings?

When you quit smoking, you can also increase your confidence,
meet new people, and join new activities. An improved social
life is just one more reason to quit smoking!

Gain confidence.

Smokers become addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes and
tobacco. Cigarettes, cigars, and pipes all emit smoke that
holds thousands of other chemicals, in addition to the
nicotine. When a person's body becomes addicted to nicotine,
the chemical temporarily creates pleasant physical and mental
effects, which keeps the smoker coming back time and again.

When you successfully quit smoking, you overcome this physical
and mental addiction. Overcoming such a powerful addiction is
no easy task. Once you've accomplished it, you'll have more
confidence to face other difficult tasks in your life, armed
with the knowledge that you have succeeded at one of the most
challenging hurdles many people encounter. If you can quit
smoking, what is there that you can't accomplish?

Meet others trying to quit.

Hopefully your family and friends will be supportive of your
efforts to quit smoking. However, non one can truly empathize
with you except someone that is going through the same trials
and tribulations. Join an online or local community that offers
support to people who are quitting smoking.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) offers phone counseling at
1-800-QUIT-NOW. WhyQuit offers discussion groups for both
first-time quitters and ones that have tried before. WhyQuit
focuses on abrupt nicotine cessation (as opposed to smoking
cessation with a gradual decrease in nicotine intake).

Many forums are geared toward quitting with the aid of a
specific medication. However, forums that are more general
include:

American Lung Association's Freedom from Smoking(r) offers
modules to walk a quitter through the process and associated
message boards.

The Quit Smoking Company's message boards are visually sparse,
but offer visitors many opportunities for discussion with
others trying to quit.

Quit Smoking Support has been helping smokers quit for over
nine years through peer-to-peer support and encouragement.

To meet people in your local area and have a face-to-face
discussion on quitting smoking, visit Nicotine Anonymous, Smart
Recovery, or check with your insurance and health providers. Get
more support for your efforts, and make new friends!

Learn new activities.

Many experts recommend taking up new activities to fill up your
time and keep you from thinking about smoking. As your health
improves, you can join a local gym, recreational sports league,
or take fitness classes.

To keep their hands busy and away from cigarettes, some people
take up hobbies like knitting, crocheting, or doing puzzles.
What will you do with your new energy and time? The
possibilities are endless!

Get out of the house.

When first quitting, smokers are often urged to spend a lot of
time in public places where smoking is prohibited, such as
libraries, malls, theatres, or museums. Revel in the fact that
you can stay inside as long as you like—no need to run outside
and satisfy a nicotine craving!

Make a point to meet friends and families for dinner at
non-smoking restaurants that you may have avoided in the past.
As the amount of time since your last cigarette increases, your
sense of taste will improve and you can enjoy the food more.

Enjoy your financial freedom.

A big part of quitting smoking is giving yourself rewards when
you reach an important goal, whether it's going a day without
smoking or six months. How can you reward yourself?

Tally up all of the money that you would be spending on
cigarettes and think of ways to spend it. You can save up for a
big trip or larger purchase, or spend it on weekly social
activities like dining out, going to the theatre, or taking
hobby or fitness classes. Use your extra money to improve your
social life and reward yourself for resisting the temptation to
buy another pack of cigarettes.

When someone quits smoking, their physical, mental, and
emotional well-being all improve dramatically. Quitting smoking
can take your social life to new heights since you'll have time
and money for new hobbies, and will be able to venture out in
public without fear of finding someplace to smoke your next
cigarette. Once you've quit smoking, your social life will be
on fire!


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