Monday, May 18, 2009

Log Book to monitor and reduce the smoking habit


April one of our surfer have reveled ...
I have been battling to give up the cigarettes for a long time now and recently looked at a less conventional method online at Hypnotic tracks. I am still smoking but I do seem to have cut down, I just need to build up that will power to finally give up smoking once and for all.


DEAR APRIL,
AS WE HAVE DEALT WITH MANY CASES OF CHIAN SMOKING, KLUB PSYCHOLOGY WOULD SAY, " DONT SAY I WOULD QUIT SMOKING, SAY TO YOURSELF- I WOULD REDUCE MY SMOKING HABIT. DON'T REALLY LINGER YOUR SMOKING HABITS TO THE TWO EXTREMES i.e. I WILL QUIT SMOKING OR I WONT. THEY REALLY DONT GIVE YOU PERMANENT SOLUTION."

LET US GIVE YOU FEW STEPS TO MONITOR AND REDUCE YOUR MARGIN

1)MAKE A LOG BOOK OF ABOUT 1 MONTHS. START FROM TODAY. MAKE COLUMNS FOR YOUR PROBLEMS, TIME OF SMOKING, NO OF CIGARETTE PER DAY, REASON IF YOU KNOW BEHIND THE CARVINGS, AND PROBABALE SOLUTIONS.

2)WIRTE DOWN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAD EXTREME CARVINGS FOR SMOKING. MAINTAIN IT EVERY DAY.

3) WHAT COULD BE THE STRESSOR OR CAUSE BEHIND YOU WANTING TO SMOKE? - WIRITE IT DOWN A COLUMN.

4)IN THE NEXT COLUMN- WIRTE DOWN PROBABLE SOLUTIONS YOU HAVE GOT TO BATTLE YOUR SMOKING HABIT. ITS YOUR OWN APPRAOCHES, MIND IT. THESE APPRAOCHES MAY LEAD YOU TO THE INSIGHT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND PROBABLE SOLUTIONS.

5)TRY TO DEALY YOUR TIME TO LIT UP THE CIGARETTE. BUILD UP CERTAIN WILL POWER TO STOP IT FOR FEW MINUTES, THEN FEW HOURS AND THEN FEW DAYS. YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE IT. YOU NEED TO DEVOTE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN THIS TASK. DELAYING THE TIME TO LIT UP MAY DECREASE THE NUMBER OF CIGARETTES EVERY DAY.

6)TYR TO LIMIT YOUR SMOKING HABIT BY SETTING PARTICULAR TIME AND PLACE. IT MAY HELP YOU TO CONTROL YOUR HABIT A LOT. THIS METHOD IS VERY APPLICABLE TO MONITOR AND REDUCE THE SMOKING OF MARIJUANA AND OTHER NARCOTICS AND NON NARCOTICS INHALED IN THE FORM OF SMOKE.

6)USE THAT DEALYED TIME FOR CREATIVE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU ARE MOST FOND OF.

by: klub psychology, klubpsychology@gmail.com; Kathmandu, Nepal

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