Empowering Resolutions: Smoking and Lifestyle Changes

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Good Morning!

 

This month we will be keeping tabs on your New Years Resolutions, in

order to empower you, help you to stay on track and give you some

great tips for keeping your promise to yourself.

 

 

Empowering Resolutions: Smoking and Lifestyle Changes

 

1. Exercise is encouraged and dietary and support systems are

recommended to rid the body of toxins and avoid relapses.

2. Get plenty of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and miso soup to

neutralize and clear the blood of nicotinic acid and to fortify blood

sugar. Carrots, Carrot juice, celery, leafy green salads and citrus

fruits promote body alkalinity and decrease cravings.

 

3. Managing cravings – Plan what you will do during a craving.

Examples: Chew licorice root sticks or gum; repeat your affirmation;

breathe deeply; exercise; call support person. Begin with Andrew's

incredible Stop Smoking Kit!

 

4. Avoid junk food, sugar, chocolate, coffee and cooked spinach. They

can upset blood sugar levels and increase blood acidity which can

aggravate smoking-withdrawal symptoms.

 

5. Lobelia Tea (Ban Bian Lian) can be sipped daily during the detox

period to keep tissues flooded with elements that discourage nicotine

cravings.

 

6. Drink water - Research shows that dryness causes cravings. Sip

water frequently throughout the day.

 

7. Deep Breathing Exercises – to increase body oxygen

 

8. Support Person - Ask someone to act as a sounding board and

provide encouragement when needed. A support person or someone to report to each

day is a huge component when it comes to quitting. Having a support person makes

you accountable. It can be a friend or family member or your health care

practitioner. You are required to call or check in with your support person at

the end of each day and tell them how many cigarettes you smoked/did not

smoke... your emotions you dealt with... or cravings you experienced. The

process is done to help you, not only express your daily strengths/fears but it

gives you someone to support your journey.

 

 

9. Affirmations - An affirmation is a positive statement repeated

often to create desired changes in your life. Repeating the

affirmation helps imprint a new image of health so that the body can

then produce health. Examples: " I am a non-smoker. I make healthy

choices in my life. "

 

10. Setting Boundaries - Avoid contact with other smokers This

includes loved ones. Stay away from smokers during the first few

weeks, especially.

 

11. Curbing the Oral Fixation - The need to have something in our

mouth is a habit that must be broken. This is apart of the desire and

addiction. Natural licorice sticks from the health food store are an

excellent substitute. You should have these on hand all the time.

They are good to chew on. Avoid eating food to replace these

cravings.

 

12 Curbing the Tactile Fixation - The need to have something in our

hands is a habit that must also be broken. Natural licorice sticks

from the health food store are an excellent substitute. You should

have these on hand all the time. They are good to keep in your

fingers and serve two purposes.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

http://peacefulmind.com/stop_smoking.htm

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