I was so much addicted to smoking until I had an encounter that triggered me to quit.
The first thing you should always know is this, only you can make yourself stop smoking. No matter how much people try to convince and talk to you to stop, you will not stop until you make that decision to stop. Making the decision to stop is the first step to quitting smoking. When you’ve decided to stop, don’t be too aggressive about it. Take a step at a time. You didn’t become an addict in a day, you cannot totally quit in a day. It is a gradual process of consistency. Know your reasons for quitting. You can write down these reasons, it will help you in your journey towards quitting. There are times you’d feel like smoking, in fact, there are days you’d smoke a little. Don’t consider yourself a failure. You will only be a failure if you stop your journey because of one single mistake. Don’t be too hard on yourself. When you feel like smoking, you could just eat something like snacks or chew mint gums. Have lots of snacks you could always munch on. Stay busy, it’s only when you’re idle that you’d start having the urge to smoke. Be involved in productive activities. These things will really help you in your journey to quit smoking.