Take time to enjoy the good things life has to offer. Don't take on quitting to seriously for it may develop stress. This may even make your attendance to the support group meetings an extra load. Keep the bad thoughts away. There may be times that you would experience anxiety because of the bad turn of events. Take on it as any person would do. Accept it as a part of life. Instead of moping around, treat yourself!Give up the idea that you could have just one cigarette a day. You started smoking with one stick a day, so this means you're starting your way back to the old habit once again. That is the reason why you signed yourself in to a support group. It is because you wanted to stop smoking.
Quitting is a process. Getting yourself in a support group alone will not help. It needs determination and courage for you to stop that bad habit of smoking. HOW TO HELP YOUR LOVED ONES STOP SMOKING!
Seeing your loved one addicted to something is hard, especially if it causes harm to himself. Many people have tried helping someone close to them quit the habit if smoking. Some succeed, some don't. What do you do when someone you love has turned into a smoker?
If the smoker doesn't want to quit smoking, don't nag at him to doing so. Nagging at the person to quit or making him feel guilty of smoking would only add stress and anxiety to the person. This would definitely drive him more into lighting another stick or worse an entire pack just to relieve the negative feeling.
Try talking to them about their habit. Do this but be sure not to obviously point out their smoking habit. Try telling them the dangers brought about by smoking; the things that cigarette smoke may be bringing not only to the smoker but to the people around him too. Discuss with him the possible illness that he could get because of smoking.
Don't dwell on the negative side. Talk about the things that the smoker would be getting once he breaks the habit. If your husband is a smoker, tell him that you still want him around for the next fifty years and would not want to lose him just because of the illness he might possibly suffer from smoking. Talking about positive things will help enlighten his mind about smoking.
Show them that you really care. Assurance that whatever happens you will still be there for them is a great motivation for the smokers to quit. Let them know that it's not for you that they have to stop but for them. Make them feel important and loved.
Tell someone not to smoke in a polite manner. Never point out to a person that he is not to smoke anywhere.
If someone you know tells you that he wants to quit smoking, congratulate him. Having someone tell you that he wants to break a habit is a sign of courage. It takes courage to will oneself to stop smoking.
